The first time el Cerro de la Muela was occupied was back in the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Age (2500 - 1600 B.C.). A settlement formed by different cultures from prehistory to the roman era.

There are no news of further occupations until a millennium later (7th and 6th centuries B.C.), when a fortified settlement was created corresponding to the "Castreña culture" (Castreña: a local people) of the First Iron Age, which would continue into the 4th century B.C., immediately prior to the age of Celtiberian culture.

In 153 B.C., the Roman consul Quinto Fulvio launched the first attack on the Celtiberian town. It was the first defeat suffered by the Roman army, and would open twenty years of fruitless attacks on the pre-Roman arévaco people's settlement. In 133 B.C., the winner at Carthage, Cornelio Escipión, built a wall surrounding the Celtiberian settlement, leaving the (Numantine) enemy without provisions or resources to be able to survive.

Historical Data

Architecture:
Archaeology site
Construction:
City
Historical Period:
Celtiberian, Roman

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Tourist Office of Garray

Address:

C/ Ramón Benito Aceña. Garray. 42005 Soria.

Telephone: 975 252 001

Email: administracion@garray.es

Website: http://www.garray.es/aula-arqueologica-oficina-de-turismo

Tourist Office Regional of Soria

Address:

C/ Medinaceli,2. Soria. 42003 Soria.

Telephone: 975 212 052

Fax: 975 221 289

Email: oficinadeturismodesoria@jcyl.es

Opening hours

  • From March, 1 to May, 31:
    • Tuesday to saturday: 10:00 – 14:00 and 16:00 – 19:00
    • Sundays and holidays: 10:00 – 14:00
    • Closed: monday
  • From October, 1 to October, 26:
    • Tuesday to saturday: 10:00 – 14:00 and 16:00 – 19:00
    • Sundays and holidays: 10:00 – 14:00
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  • Summer June, 1 – September, 30):
    • Tuesday to saturday: 10:00 – 14:00 and 16:00 – 20:00
    • Sundays and holidays: 10:00 – 14:00
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  • Winter October, 27 – February, 28):
    • Tuesday to saturday: 10:00 – 14:00 and 16:00 – 18:00
    • Sundays and holidays: 10:00 – 14:00
    • Closed: monday

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Archaeological Hall

Archaeological Hall of the Cerco de Numancia

In two rooms, separated by a symbolic wall in a ‘Roman enclosure’ form, the Celtiberian world is reconstructed in one room and the Roman in the other. A section of wall is reconstructed and using special[...]

Address: Ctra. Nacional 111. Garray. Soria.

Telephone: 975 180 712

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