Complutum

Excavations in the former Complutum

Complutum (now Alcalá de Henares in the Spanish autonomous community of Madrid ) was a Celtiberian city. The residents were Carpetani .

Only in Christian times did the place gain a certain importance and became an episcopal town from the 5th century until 1099. The re-establishment of the diocese took place in 1991.

literature

Pedro Barceló : Complutum. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 3, Metzler, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-476-01473-8 , column 112.

Web links

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

40.473611111111 -3.3841666666667Coordinates: 40 ° 28 ′ 25 ″ N , 3 ° 23 ′ 3 ″ W.