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Citadel of Sagunto, Spain, 2007. Artist: Samuel Magal
Citadel of Sagunto, Spain, 2007. The first fortifications on the hill above the town of Sagunto, north of Valencia, were built in the 5th century BC by the Celtic Iberians (Celtiberians). The fortress was extended by the Romans, Goths and Moors, and the walls seen today are almost a kilometre in length. Sagunto was besieged and captured by Hannibal in 219-218 BC, triggering the Second Punic War between Carthage and Rome. El Cid took it from the Moors in 1098 but it was soon recaptured and remained in Muslim hands until Jaime I of Aragon captured it in 1238. The citadel was declared a national monument in 1931.
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Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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Architecture
BATTLEMENTS
building
BUILDINGS
Castle
CELTIBERIAN
color
concept
country
Defense
Exterior
Fortification
Fortress
geographical feature
Geography
Hill
hilltop
Italy
Landscape
LOCATION
Magal
Medieval
Moorish
OUTSIDE
Photograph
Rampart
ramparts
Roman
ROME
Ruin
RUINED
RUINS
SAGUNTO
SAMUEL
Samuel Magal
SECOND PUNIC WAR
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Spain
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STRONGHOLD
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VALENCIA
WALLS
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