Statue II

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Italica II

Under the amphitheatre at Italica.

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Italica’s Amphitheatre

A photo taken from the floor of the amphitheatre in Italica, a Roman town in Santiponce, near Seville.  Unfortunately, access around the top of the amphitheatre was restricted so I couldn’t get a view showing the complete oval.   A shame, but as the site of Italica was free to access on the day we visited,  I was not too disappointed.  If you are in the area of Seville, Spain, Italica is well worth a visit.    The local people have a fantastic resource in this Roman site.

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Amphora

When they were in the early days of constructing the Metropol Parasol they discovered some really cool Roman remains, including some lovely floors.  Some creative thinking by all those concerned has allowed an exhibition area, called the Antiquarium, to be included in the base of the Parasol, displaying the floors and giving some background to the trades that were carried out there.

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Roman Floor, Well

Possibly the oldest artefact I’ve found in the churches I visit.  It is a restored section of flooring recovered from the foundations of a Roman Villa found nearby.  The little sign reads

” This remaining fragment of a pavement removed from the foundations of a ROMAN VILLA in the MILL GARTH in 1859 was restored by members of the BRADFORD HISTORICAL AND ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY in 1929.
Henry Cheesbrough Hunt
William Arthur Wilman
Henry Hahlen Morrish”

I particularly liked the way the peeling paint of the church walls was such a sympathetic foil for the colours in the tesserae/

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