Amallóbriga: a Vaccean settlement and Roman city in Tiedra

The archaeological site of La Ermita, located in Tiedra, Valladolid, Castilla y León, is on a limestone plateau that dominates the banks of the Duero River until reaching Toro. It extends from the construction of the chapel and its cemetery to the end of said plateau. Tiedra has its origins in a city called Vaccean, which was later Romanized and identified as Amallóbriga or Abulobriga.

The archaeological site of La Ermita shows the superposition of materials from the Vacceo period and the Roman era. The village of Tiedra sits nearby, and the site contains remains of a Vaccean settlement and a Roman city that reached the rank of civitate.

One fragment of terra sigillata from the Roman era, found in the excavation, has decoration of circles and there are others with figures. Aerial archaeology obtained from photographs began its study in 1991 and was expanded in 2001.

Remains of Vaccean and Roman ceramics were found in the cemetery. On 17-02-1994, the site was granted the distinction of bien de interés cultural with the number RI-55-0000384.

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