Mérida, Spain
Amphitheatre of Mérida
The Amphitheatre of Mérida is a Roman amphitheatre in the Roman colonia of Emerita Augusta –present-day Mérida, Spain–, capital of the Roman province of Lusitania. It was completed in the year 8 BC, and is currently in ruins. It was used for gladiatorial fights and combats between beasts or men and beasts during ancient Rome.
- City
- Mérida
- Country
- Spain
- Category
- Historic
- Suggested visit
- About 90 minutes
More places in Mérida
- Puente Romano, Mérida
- Acueducto de los Milagros
- Albarregas Roman bridge
- Proserpina Dam
- Augusta Emerita
- Roman circus of Mérida
Background: Wikipedia