South-west of Coimbra lie wonderfully preserved Roman ruins which were discovered, at the end of the C19th, purely by accident when a new road was being built. It’s Portugal’s largest and most impressive Roman site with elaborate mosaics, all dating from the first few centuries AD. We were dumb-struck!
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These are all 2,000 years old! Phenomenal!