La Alcudia
Interactive map of La Alcudia | |
| Alternative name | L'Alcúdia |
|---|---|
| Location | Elche, Valencian Community, Spain |
| History | |
| Abandoned | Middle Ages |
La Alcudia, also l'Alcúdia, is an archaeological site near Elche and the Vinalopó river corresponding to the ancient city of Ilici.[1]
The coastline of the lower Segura and Vinalopó región has changed substantially in the last 15,000 years, and by 1 CE, the site was located in one of the two branches of the Vinalopó delta that discharged into a now disappeared Sinus Ilicitanus.[2]
It has been intermittently inhabited for six millennia, with the earliest phase of occupation corresponding to the Neolithic.[3] It was a noted centre in the Iberian period.[4] During the Roman period, it was refounded as Colonia Iulia Ilici c. 43-42 BCE and as Colonia Iulia Ilici Augusta c. 27-26 BCE.[5] Noted ruins from late antiquity include a Christian church, identified by some as a synagogue.[6][n. 1] Following the 8th-century Islamic conquest the place languished.[3]
It was declared bien de interés cultural in 1992.[8]
Informational notes
References
- ^ "About La Alcudia". San Vicente del Raspeig: UA. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
- ^ Tent-Manclús, José Enrique (2013). "Cambio de la línea de costa en el Bajo Segura (Sur de Alicante) en los últimos 15.000 años" [Coast line change in the Bajo Segura (South of Alicante) in the last 15,000 years]. Estudios Geográficos. 74 (275). Madrid: Editorial CSIC: 697. doi:10.3989/estgeogr.201324. hdl:10045/35321. ISSN 0014-1496.
- ^ a b Tendero Porras 2021, p. 312.
- ^ Gutiérrez Lloret, Sonia; Papí Rodes, Concha; Ramos Molina, Alejandro; Ronda Femenía, Ana M.ª; Tendero Porras, Mercedes (2017). "Jornada «20 años de la Fundación Universitaria La Alcudia de Investigación Arqueológica»" (PDF). Boletín del Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 36. Museo Arqueológico Nacional. ISSN 2341-3409.
- ^ Gutiérrez Lloret et al. 2017, p. 502.
- ^ Abad Casal, Lorenzo (2008). "La Alcudia de Elche (Alicante). Ayer y hoy de un yacimiento emblemático". Viejos yacimientos: nuevas aportaciones: ciclo de conferencias, 10-11 de diciembre de 2008. Madrid: Museo Arqueológico Nacional. pp. 196–197.
- ^ Abad Casal 2008, pp. 196–197.
- ^ Tendero Porras, Mercedes (2021). "La Alcudia (Elche, Alicante)". 150 años con los íberos. Albacete: Diputación de Albacete. p. 312.