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Extremadura is an
autonomous community of western Spain whose capital city is Mérida.
It includes the provinces of Cáceres and Badajoz.
 Extremadura
borders Portugal to the west, and it is an important area for wildlife,
particularly with the major reserve at Monfragüe, which was designated
a National Park in 2007, or the project of the International Tagus River
Natural Park (Parque Natural Rio Tajo internacional). To the north it borders
Castile and León (provinces of Salamanca and Ávila); to the
south, it borders Andalusia (provinces of Huelva, Seville, and Córdoba);
and to the east, it borders Castile-La Mancha (provinces of Toledo and
Ciudad Real).
Mérida is the
capital of Extremadura, Spain. Among the remaining Roman monuments in this
city are the Puente Romano, a bridge over the Guadiana River that is still
used by pedestrians, and the longest of all existing Roman bridges; an
important fortification to defend the bridge, and later used by the Moors,
called Alcazaba; the Temple of Diana; the remains of the Forum, including
the Arch of Trajan; the remains of the Circus Maximus; the Acueducto de
los Milagros (aqueduct); a villa called the Villa Mitreo; the Embalse de
Proserpina and Cornalvo reservoirs; the Circus, the Amphitheater, and the
Teatro Romano, where a summer festival of Classical theater is presented,
usually with versions of Greco-Roman classics or modern plays set in ancient
times. One can also visit the Morerías archaeological site, Santa
Maria's Cathedral, and many other locations all around the city to watch
digging in progress, as well as the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano (designed
by Rafael Moneo).
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