Itálica

Why go

Itálica is a Roman city site in Santiponce, outside the municipality of Seville. A visitor guide published by Seville's city tourism office says it was founded by Publius Cornelius Scipio in 206 BC during the Second Punic War, was the birthplace of the emperors Trajan and Hadrian, and gained the status of a colony under Hadrian (117-138 AD). The same guide says the Conjunto Arqueológico de Itálica shows visitors a Roman amphitheatre and lets them walk its former street layout, past houses such as the House of the Birds and the House of the Planetarium, the baths and the Traianeum. It also says the present town of Santiponce was built almost entirely on the ruins of the Roman city after a flood in 1603 destroyed the earlier town. Opening days and entry rules are set by the site and are not given here; check its own page before you go.