Italica

It is the first Roman permanent settlement in the South of the Iberian Peninsula. After the Second Punic War, Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus founded this city in 206 B.C. in a colony close to the river; so Italica was born as a settlement for veterans of war. The most prestigious and of major development period was in times of the Roman Emperors Trajan and Adriano.

The city can be divided into two parts, the Old city and the New city, the first one was founded by the general Scipio and is nowadays located under the Santiponce urban part, the new area of the city was built by the general Adriano and is the part of the archaeological complex that you can visit.

Among the remains we should highlight the walls, the theatre, the temple of Trajan, the amphitheatre, the springs and different houses (House of the Hylas, House of Neptune, House of Exedra), a luxurious residential complex full of mosaics, statues and marbles from Greece and Mauritania.