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Introducing Mérida
Mérida, seat of the Junta de Extremadura, the regional government, feels further south. The scent of orange blossom in season and the bright, low houses along the cobbled lanes lend a distinct touch of Andalucía to its centre. Founded as Augusta Emerita in 25 BC for veterans of Rome’s campaigns in Cantabria, it has Spain’s most complete Roman ruins and a magnificent classical museum.
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Difficult to imagine today but, with more than 40, 000 inhabitants, Mérida was the capital of the Roman province of Lusitania, the largest city on the Iberian Peninsula and its political and cultural hub.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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