Situated in an impressive modern building specially designed by architect Rafael Moneo to present the extensive collections of Roman archaeology from Mérida. On the upper floors, which contain jewellery, coins and pottery, you can see some fine mo..

In 25BC, the Roman governor of Augustus founded the township of Emerita Augusta. It was well-situated on the River Guadiana and at the junction of major Roman roads, and as a result soon became the capital of Lusitania. The Romans lavished upon it te..

Built by Agrippa, Augustus's son in law, 24 years BC, the theatre has the classic arrangement of the great imperial theatres: banks of seats in a semicircle with capacity for 6,000; a very fine stage wall decorated (2C AD) with colonnades and statues..

This arena dates back to the 1C BC and could, it is estimated, hold 14,000 spectators. The area in the centre probably contained facilities for maintaining the track and accessory shops.

Digs in the basement of this church have revealed the rich history of this place, occupied successively by Roman houses, an early Christian necropolis, a 5C basilica and, from the 13C, the current church.

To defend the 792 m Roman bridge that crosses the bed of the Guadiana, scattered with islets, the Moors built this 9C fortress. Inside the walls, note a cistern cut out at the level of the river's water.

Remains of a former temple devoted to the imperial religion and built at the time of Augustus, it retains a large part of the colonnade with Corinthian capitals and channeled columns.

Collection of remains of various buildings - water conduits, paving, wall sections - connected to a mansion, organised around a peristyle, and its outhouses. The floor mosaics have been incredibly well preserved.

This mansion, arranged around three open atriums, was built outside the town walls in the late 1C. Some rooms have preserved the remains of paintings and mosaics, including the cosmological mosaic .