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Multi-periodSite Name: Campo Iruña VeleiaCountry: Spain
NOTE: This site is 3.013 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Pais Vasco Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Vitoria-Gasteiz
Latitude: 42.841514N Longitude: 2.786884W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Veleia was a Roman town in Hispania, now located in the Basque Autonomous Community, 10 kilometres west of Vitoria. The town was an important station on the Roman road ab Asturica Burdigalam that ran parallel to the coast of the Bay of Biscay. It was alleged to contain the oldest known texts written in the Basque language as well as, allegedly, the oldest representation of the crucifixion of Jesus found to date. Later these finds were exposed as forgeries. (see comment below)
At its height, the city could have been inhabited by some five to ten thousand people, and apparently went through different cycles of prosperity and decline into the Early Middle Ages until it was finally abandoned.
Page originally by Holger Rix
Note: Spanish archaeologist sentenced for faking Basque finds
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