Iruña-Veleia
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350px|thumb|right|Location of Veleia and other Roman cities in the context of ancient Basque tribes and the modern Basque Country (historical territory)|Basque Country
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Roman city
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Iruña de Oca/Iruña Oka
- Location
- Trespuentes
- Image
- Iruña Veleia 1.JPG
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- Commons category
- Iruña-Veleia
- heritage designation
- bien de interés cultural
- culture
- Iron Age
- time period
- Bronze Age
- historic county
- Hispania Tarraconensis
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Chronology
- Bronze and Iron ages
- Roman period
- Modern age
- Sensational findings
- Developments
- Forgery case
- Scholarly controversy
- See also
- Bibliography
- References
- External links
350px|thumb|right|Location of Veleia and other Roman cities in the context of ancient Basque tribes and the modern Basque Country (historical territory)|Basque Country
Veleia was a Roman town in Hispania, now located in the province of Álava, Basque Autonomous Community, Spain. The site is located in the municipality of Iruña de Oca, 10 kilometers 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. At its apogee, 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Iruña-Veleia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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