Ruta Betica Romana

Description

The Roman Bética Route passes today through fourteen cities in the provinces of Seville, Cádiz and Córdoba. It runs through the southernmost province of Roman Hispania and covers territories through which the old Via Augusta passed. This Route includes landscaped spaces of great geographical and natural interest such as the Natural Park of the Subbética Cordobesa, the Campiña, the Natural Park of the Bay of Cádiz or the Guadalquivir Valley.

The tourist offer of these municipalities is varied and diverse. Traveling by the Bética you can visit the Puerta de Sevilla in Carmona, the city of Itálica, the cathedral of Cádiz or the walls of Marchena among many elements worthy of being admired.

From the third century BC to the fifth century, the Betica was one of the territories annexed to the Roman Empire. Under its domain, this geographical space was recognized for its mining, olive oil, cereal production and the high level of Romanization of its inhabitants. Sample of the degree of Romanization reached by this province is the rise to imperial power at the end of the first century and during the II of two Betic emperors: Trajan and Adriano, both born in Itálica.