Roman route in Leon
- Position
- León
- Type of route
- One day
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The name of the city of León comes from the Legio VII who set up camp here at the end of the 1st century CE. The city walls, large sections of which are still standing today, bore witness to the events of this period, and remains of the Roman water pipes can also be seen in El Cid Garden.
Archaeological excavations revealed the remains of the Roman baths and several other buildings in the camp. León boasts many other fascinating discoveries, such as the amphitheatre, one of the civil buildings that sprang up around the camp.
This route includes the following sites of interest: the Cascalería Roman Crypt, the Puerto Obispo Crypt, the Roman storehouse in the District of San Pedro, the city walls, the Puerta Castillo Archaeology Centre and El Cid Garden.
What to see?
Interpretation Center of the León RomanMore informationIt preserves the remains of the only door still standing of the fortified enclosure of Leon. Its current structure, as if it were a triumphal arch, corresponds to a reconstruction carried out in the XVIII...
Walls of LeonMore informationThe ancient Romanesque walls were destroyed repeatedly by the Arabs and rebuilt by Alfonso V and Alfonso IX. They were extended along the middle ages. One of its ancient doors still standing next to the...
Roman crypt of CascaleriaMore informationIt is a vaulted gallery of 30 meters of possible civil construction, which supposes a small sample of the treasures that are in the basement of Leon, of great historic value.Inside you can see a mock-up...
Crypt of Puerta ObispoMore informationIt is a room of 300 square meters in which you can see archaeological remains of the door of Principalis Sinistra (Bishop Door), eastern access to the camp of La Legio VII and the latrines of the thermal...