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Spanish Team – Institut Guindàvols – Lleida

In this visit we’ll see four of the most important places in our city:

1. La Seu Vella

2. Indíbil and Mandoni

3. The Roman walls

4. Julius Caesar’s monument1

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A landslide occurred in 1997 in the walls of the Seu Vella, on the left of the Lion Gate, led to the discovery of a section of the wall of the Roman era, between the I and II century BCEAt that time, there was the area of the district Suda, who was surrounded by walls. Until now, these remains were a mystery for archaeologists, who had recently begun digging at this point under the second phase of the works of the settlement around the Old Cathedral.

The stretch of wall is located at the south-west of the hill, a few meters from the Puerta del León which closes the site of the citadel. It is therefore the best place to close the city or along the western hill.Only he could find a stretch of six meters long preserved at the level of substantiation. It has a width of 2.5 meters, with views sides of large blocks of sandstone and irregular work without a masonry filler composed of smaller stones and clay. The remains appeared are protected by a concrete structure that defines a semi-open exhibition space.

There was a revolt and Mandoni and IndíbilIlergets warriors, fought against Romandomination in the third century BC. In 212 BC, during the Second Punic War, the brothers Publius, Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio went on the attack, being defeated and killed by the Carthaginians.

The defense of the cities has been one of the main worries of our past generations, since them all the only thing that they wanted it was to secure a good future, and not only of their inhabitants and their belongings, but also of their culture and living. The Romans were those that perfected the different methods of defense through the walls.

In Spain we have multiple examples of the first years of domination (first and second century b.Ch.) and many of them restored or remodeled, which are witnesses of the importance of these constructions in the roman world. With the "Pax Augusta", as it is logical, the construction of walls were reduced, but it was reactivating again in the III century a.Ch. due of the pressure of the barbarous people villages.

Generally, the walls consisted of two parallel parameters of ashlars (quadratum opus) of variable size, and between them a stuffing of mortar, stones and even of roman concrete. These external walls, sometimes, had the encoixinats ashlars, and they were sorted out by 4 meters, at least arriving until the 10 meters, if he believed himself necessary.

The puzzle-sculpture of Julius Caesar, situated on the banks of the river Segre, Carrer Jaume II, was placed in 1999. Given to the city by the writter Joseph Vallverdú and Isabel wants to remember the famous battle of Ilerda. In 49 bC, Julius Caesar defeated Pompey’s troops.

Julius Caesar defeated Pompey’s troops. The monument describes the city of two hills and the suburban, with a flood of Segre who take the two wooden bridges that were built since the followers of Caesar” el pont Vell” (The Old bridge)was in pompeian’s hands. The battle continuedin the unknown town of Otobesa in the confluence of Segre with Ebro.