Citânia de Briteiros

Reconstructed houses Back to the report about Portugal

The town sited on the mountain São Romão was settled approximately from the 1st century BC to the 1st century AD.

Against its end also roman influences are recognizable. The place was used again in the Middle Ages.

Round housesUntil today four defense walls with their ditches, different streets and more than 150 houses (round, elliptical orHouses square) were found. A round house with 11 meters diameter could have been a kind of meeting house.

CisternAt the bottom of the settlement a cistern with cold and steam bath was found furthermore.

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