Tuesday, 9 February 2021

SANTIAGO DO CACÉM + MIRÓBRIGA ROMAN RUINS

 


SANTIAGO DO CACÉM
38.01256º N; 8.69444º W

Santiago do Cacém is a Portuguese city in the Setúbal District, Alentejo region, and Alentejo Litoral sub-region, with a resident population of 6 403 inhabitants (2015). Its name derives from Governor Mouro Kassim and the Order of Santiago.
It is the headquarters of one of the largest municipalities in Portugal, with 1,059.77 km² in area and 29,749 inhabitants (2015), subdivided into 8 parishes (Santiago do Cacém, Santa Cruz e São Bartolomeu da Serra; São Domingos e Vale de Água; Abela; Alvalade; Cercal;
Ermidas-Sado; Santo André; São Francisco da Serra).
The municipality is limited to the north by the Grândola term, to the northeast by Ferreira do Alentejo, to the east by Aljustrel, to the south by Ourique and Odemira, and to the west by Sines and has a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the only municipality in the whole of the Alentejo that contains 2 cities within its term (Santiago and Santo André). It also has three villages (Cercal, Alvalade and Ermidas-Sado).






































































































































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MIRÓBRIGA
38° 0' 36" N; 8° 41' 1" W

Miróbriga is an ancient Roman city located near the village and parish of Santiago do Cacém, in the municipality of the same name in the south-west of Portugal. Archeology has revealed that the city occupied the site of an ancient Iron Age settlement that had existed since the 9th century BC.

With Roman colonization, it developed into the commercial area around the forum. The spas, among the best preserved in Portugal, are made up of two adjacent buildings, possibly one for males and the other for females, respectively. Residential areas are still little known. Relatively close to the spa, there is a bridge with a single semicircular arch. The hippodrome is the only one completely known in Portugal and is located farther from the center.




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