🏛️ Clunia-Uxama
Archaeological ruins of a Roman provincial city in Castile and León
📌 Fast Facts
- Located near Peñaranda de Duero in Burgos province, northern Spain
- Occupied from the 2nd century BCE through the late Roman period
- Served as a conventus capital (administrative centre) under Roman rule
- Site encompasses approximately 48 hectares with multiple excavated structures
Clunia-Uxama stands as one of the most significant Lusitanian and Roman urban settlements in the Iberian Peninsula. The site preserves substantial remains of a city that rose to administrative importance during the Roman Imperial period, particularly after its recognition as a conventus capital. Systematic excavations beginning in the 1970s have revealed evidence of occupation spanning nearly a millennium, from Lusitanian settlement through Roman collapse in the 5th–6th centuries CE ...