The ruins of the Roman circus, are located in Vega Baja, on both sides of the avenue of Carlos III, which disappeared much of the basis of their degrees. His guidance of northeast to southwest avoided the glare of Auriga participants. Built in the late first century, with an elongated plant, 408 meters, consisting of two straight and parallel sides, with 86.2 meters apart, and two others curved.
From the western end, semicircular and supported in twenty-two vaults were beginning careers Quadriga. A small wall, spina, separating the two directions. The existing vaults supported several levels of degrees that could accommodate up to 13 000 spectators. Of the major gateways emerge only their upper parts at both ends.
It worked until the fourth century. His disappearance led to the subsequent abandonment of the lining of his noble materials. He uses as a cemetery at different times, location of potteries and served as a shelter for vagrants in the late eighteenth century, so the Cardinal Lorenzana sent throwing several vaults that are still maintained.
Actual largely consists in the park known as Camp School created in 1906 to mark the festival of trees, recovering ground that extra empty since the urbanization of the neighborhood would take nearly half a century. In its immediate vicinity was the Roman theatre, on the site now occupied by a school.
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