Carteia

Forum in Carteia

Thermal baths in Carteia

Carteia was a Roman port city in Hispania founded by the Phoenicians ; its ruins are in the area of ​​the municipality of San Roque just under 13 km northeast of Algeciras (Portus Albo) near the mouth of the Guadarranque .

history

In the Second Punic War, the Romans defeated in 206 BC. At Carteia the Carthaginian fleet . In 171 BC After the settlement of the descendants of Roman soldiers with Hispanic women, Carteia was the first place outside Italy to become a Roman colony ( Colonia ) under the name Colonia Latina Libertorum . The city, which was always faithful to Rome, owed its economic prosperity to the fish processing plants and the purple snail fishery .

Excavations

First excavations began in the 1960s and continued into the 1990s. The excavation site has been protected as a cultural monument ( Bien de Interés Cultural ) since 1969 and can be visited.

museum

The Museo Monográfico Municipal de Carteia has been located in the city of San Roque since 2001, with numerous exhibits from the ancient city.

Personalities

• Hesychius von Carteia , legendary bishop of the 1st century

Others

The coastal watchtower (Torre del Rocadillo) , built in the 16th century, is only a 500 m walk away.

literature

• Pedro Barceló : Carteia. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 2, Metzler, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-476-01472-X , Sp. 998.

Web links

Commons : Carteia  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Description as Patrimonio Inmueble de Andalucía (Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Liv. 43,3,1-4

Coordinates: 36 ° 11 ′ 5 "  N , 5 ° 24 ′ 34"  W.