🏛️ Urgia-Gades
Roman settlement and harbour on the Bay of Cádiz
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Near Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain (36.454°N, 6.218°W)
- Period: Roman era, approximately 1st–2nd centuries CE
- Status: Archaeological site; remains submerged and partially eroded
- Access: Limited; accessible by boat or diving; no permanent visitor facilities
Urgia-Gades was a Roman port settlement on the Bay of Cádiz, serving as a secondary harbour and trading post in the province of Hispania Tarraconensis. The site lies partially submerged due to relative sea-level rise and coastal erosion over two millennia. Archaeological evidence indicates settlement during the early Imperial period, with activity concentrated in the 1st and 2nd centuries CE ...