Capitoline Wolf, Merida, Extremadura, Spain
Capitoline Wolf, bronze copy of the original in Rome, depicting the she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus, on the Plaza de la Rotonda de la Loba, in Merida, Extremadura, Spain. Behind is the Roman bridge over the Guadiana River, built 1st century BC, on the Decumanus maximus at Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now Merida. The bridge is in a defensive site, marking the entrance to the city from the south west, has 62 spans and is 790m long in total, and is the oldest ancient bridge in the world. It forms part of the Merida UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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