Route 3 East. Section 2 - Tiermes site
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During the long Celtiberian War, Rome sent in vain during years its powerful army against a poor people and far away from of the rich lands of Hispania: the Arevaci, whose main towns were Numancia and Tiermes. The last one was not subdued until the year 98 BC, when the consul Tito Didio, after his victory, forced the people to go down of the town to the plain, leaving the acropolis that crowned the hill and impeding its inhabitants to fortify the new place.
Among the remains recovered in the archaeological excavations, the ones from the celtiberian and Roman times give more information. It stands out the rooms and dwellings dug into the rock, the Celtiberian necropolis of Carratiermes, complex public buildings, such as the so-called 'Castelum Aquae', the baths... besides of streets or defensive doors, such as the late Roman wall surrounding the hill. The set is finished with a hermitage from Romanesque period in which the rich and varied decoration of the capitals and corbels stands out.
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Covert of Este and del Oeste More informationSeveral eroded figures, among which bars and geometrical figures can be mentioned, have been kept. A seemingly human figure can be seen.
Church of San Juan BautistaMore informationRomanesque building of the XII century, built in masonry, reinforced at corners and singular elements with ashlar. Of simple ground plan, it has a nave and header with straight section finished in semicircular...
Archeological site of TiermesMore informationDuring the long Celtiberian War, Rome sent in vain during years its powerful army against a poor people and far away from of the rich lands of Hispania: the Arevaci, whose main towns were Numancia and...
Hermitage of Nuestra Señora de TiermesMore informationSmall 12th-century romanesque temple, near which there is a medieval necropolis. The round apse and the porched gallery with rich and varied ornamentation of capitals and modillions are worth seeing.The...
Hermitage of the Virgen del ValMore informationThe temple consists of a single nave with a rectangular apse and a southern portico. The portico has four wooden capitals on coarse stone bases.Beneath the portico there is a door with a round arch on...
