Cividade de Terroso

Local nameCividade de Terroso
LocationPóvoa de Varzim, Portugal

Cividade de Terroso was an ancient city of the Castro culture in North-western coast of the Iberian Peninsula, situated near the present bed of the Ave river, in the suburbs of present-day Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal.

Located in the heart of the Castro region, the cividade played a leading role in the early urbanization of the region in the early 1st millennium BC, as one of the oldest, largest and impregnable castro settlements. It was important in coastal trading as it was part of well-established maritime trade routes with the Mediterranean. Celtic and later Carthaginian influence are well-known, it was eventually destroyed after the Roman conquest in 138 BC.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cividade_de_Terroso

Official Website https://www.cm-pvarzim.pt/areas-de-atividade/turismo/visitar/patrimonio/monumentos/cividade-de-terroso

Address 4495, Portugal

Coordinates 41°24'44.78" N -8°43'15.32" E

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