Centro Arqueológico de L'Almoina

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Exterior view of the Centro Arqueológico de L’Almoina in Valencia, Spain.

Beneath the square just northeast of Valencia’s cathedral, the archaeological remains of the kernel of Roman, Visigothic and Islamic Valencia shimmer through a water-covered glass canopy. Downstairs is an impressively excavated, atmospheric melange of Roman baths, forum buildings and streets (still paved with huge stone slabs), plus part of a Visigothic church and bits of the Moorish alcázar (fortress).

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