Ciavieja

Ciavieja (Murgi) was an ancient Roman city located in Hispania. It was the political and administrative center of territorium Murgitanum, which extended up to sierra de Gádor and Mediterranean Sea to the south, and to Urci and Abdera to the east and west, respectively.[1]

It was mentioned by Pliny the Elder, who described its boundaries between Tarraconensis and Baetica.[2] Claudius Ptolemy placed it between Detunda and Salduba, two turduli cities.[3]

The oldest finds date back to the Copper Age. Evidence of settlement has been located from the Bronze Age to Roman Hispania, a period from which the civitas stipendiaria of Murgi dates.[4] In 1983 a mosaic was discovered by Andrés Ramírez Franco, an engineer who used a metal detector.[5] The archaeological excavation started two years later,[6] and its works are being carried out until today,[7] including guided visits.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ Lázaro Pérez 2016, p. 9-10.
  2. ^ Lázaro Pérez 2016, p. 10-11.
  3. ^ Lázaro Pérez 2016, p. 12.
  4. ^ "Ciavieja". Instituto Andaluz del Patrimonio Histórico. Junta de Andalucía. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
  5. ^ Fernández Cervilla, Sergio (2023). Mosaicos Romanos de Almería. Instituto de Estudios Almerienses. p. 69. ISBN 978-84-8108-750-5.
  6. ^ Suárez, Ángela; Carrilero, Manuel; Mellado, Carmen; San Martín, Concepción (1987). "Memoria de la excavación de urgencia realizada en el yacimiento de Ciavieja (El Ejido, Almería), 1985". Anuario Arqueológico de Andalucía. ISBN 978-84-86944-00-1.
  7. ^ García, Fran (9 July 2025). "Nuevo impulso a Ciavieja: Más excavaciones y pasarelas sobre los restos arqueológicos". La Voz de Almería (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 October 2025.
  8. ^ J.C. (14 October 2025). "Arranca la nueva programación de otoño de visitas guiadas a Ciavieja". Ideal (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 October 2025.
  9. ^ García, Fran (9 October 2025). "Nuevo hito para Ciavieja: estrena horario de apertura al público dos días en semana". La Voz de Almería (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 October 2025.

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