The colony of Augusta Emerita, which became present-day Mérida in Estremadura, was founded in 25 B.C. at the end of the Spanish Campaign and was the capital of Lusitania.
Summary from the UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
Photo: El acueducto de Los Milagros.jpg by doalex, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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