Sagunto

   A couple weekends ago I went with the Erasmus group to a small city 30 minutes north of Valencia to check out the sights.  Sagunto is an old city, older than Valencia, known for its Roman heritage.  It wasn't visible at first but during our walk through the city we saw a lot of Roman influence.  Our first stop was at a museum that held many artifacts of the Roman culture such as statues and sculptures.  We then went to a big Roman theater.  It was probably the biggest theater I have ever seen.  Most of the theater had been reconstructed, probably to allow plays to be shown during the year, but there were still places where we could see the natural rock seats.  Behind the theater and up a small hill was a large Roman fort.  We didn't get to see much of the fort because only 5% has been uncovered.  I don't really believe our guides on that one, maybe some sort of translation error.  Regardless, a couple friends and I split from the group to explore more of the fort and we found a whole other section of the fort.  We were able to get some great pictures of the fort from there.

   The rest of the day was mainly spent at the beach, which turned out to be really cold but it was still nice to relax.  Right before heading home we got some gelato, which was a great way to end the trip.

Main plaza of Sagunto with fort in the background

Roman theater

Sagunto's Roman fort

City of Sagunto