Roman Ruins and Mosaics at Conimbriga, Portugal
October 11, 2024
DrFumblefinger visits Conimbriga, the largest Roman ruins in Portugal and an important city in the Roman Empire. The site is best known for its beautifully preserved mosaics.
DrFumblefinger visits Conimbriga, the largest Roman ruins in Portugal and an important city in the Roman Empire. The site is best known for its beautifully preserved mosaics.
This magnificent mosaic is from the mid 4th century. The villa itself is thought to date back to the 1st century.
Barry Barford discovers a Tuscan town that has embraced tourism while preserving its cultural heritage and traditional way of life.
DrFumblefinger visits the ruins of the Roman city of Volubilis in northern Morocco. The city thrived during its short period of Roman occupation but was abandoned. A massive earthquake in 1755 caused most of the structures to collapse. Restoration has partially restored key buildings.
DrFumblefinger visits the old gate, part of the Roman wall surrounding the old city of Evora.
DrFumblefinger visits one of the world’s best known walls in Northern England. Roman Emperor Hadrian saw the need for its construction in the 2nd century AD to protect the Roman world from the Scottish barbarians to the north.
In Morocco, Marilyn Jones visits a city founded by Rome in the 1st century and inhabited through the 18th, to see Africa’s best-preserved Roman ruins
Gumbo was visiting the fascinating and well preserved mosaics at Villa Romana del Casale, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Sicily. The Villa houses the best preserved collections of Roman mosaics in the world.
Ian Cook shares some great photos and the story behind caves in a small beach town in Crete.
Gumbo was visiting the archaeologic park in Segesta, Sicily. Situated on the hills of a beautiful mountaineous region, the site has a well preserved Greek Doric Temple and an amphitheater that is used even to this day.
DrFumblefinger visits Conimbriga, the largest Roman ruins in Portugal and an important city in the Roman Empire. The site is best known for its beautifully preserved mosaics.
This magnificent mosaic is from the mid 4th century. The villa itself is thought to date back to the 1st
Barry Barford discovers a Tuscan town that has embraced tourism while preserving its cultural heritage and traditional way of life.
DrFumblefinger visits the ruins of the Roman city of Volubilis in northern Morocco. The city thrived during its short period of Roman occupation but was abandoned. A massive earthquake in 1755 caused most of the structures to collapse. Restoration has partially restored key buildings.
DrFumblefinger visits the old gate, part of the Roman wall surrounding the old city of Evora.
DrFumblefinger visits one of the world’s best known walls in Northern England. Roman Emperor Hadrian saw the need for its construction in the 2nd century AD to protect the Roman world from the Scottish barbarians to the north.
In Morocco, Marilyn Jones visits a city founded by Rome in the 1st century and inhabited through the 18th, to see Africa’s best-preserved Roman ruins
Gumbo was visiting the fascinating and well preserved mosaics at Villa Romana del Casale, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Sicily. The Villa houses the best preserved collections of Roman mosaics in the world.
Ian Cook shares some great photos and the story behind caves in a small beach town in Crete.
Gumbo was visiting the archaeologic park in Segesta, Sicily. Situated on the hills of a beautiful mountaineous region, the site has a well preserved Greek Doric Temple and an amphitheater that is used even to this day.