page_title: Valeria, Spain (Roman City)
section_title: The Exedra
hierarchical_section_title: Valeria, Spain (Roman City) / Site / The Exedra
caption_attribution_description: English: Valeria view from villa
context_page_description: Valeria was an important Roman city and one of the three major cities in the modern province of Cuenca.
  Its impressive ruins are located on an spectacular site near the modern town of Valeria.
context_section_description: During the first phase of occupation of the Exedra, the cryptoporticus was connected to the ground floor of the building through doors. The Exedra was accessed at street level through two doors located in the east walls
  of the building from the Cardo (the north-south street) which runs parallel to the building. The exedra underwent various modifications or re-uses in its life. In the 2nd century AD in one of the renovations the doors to the cryptoporticus were blocked up and, after the Forum became ruined and abandoned as a public space in the 3rd century, the exedra was re-occupied as a private dwelling in the 4th century. At this time the debris from the collapse of the building was not removed so it was necessary to build stairs for access to the ground floor of the building, possibly the only space that could be inhabited. Also in this phase they divided up some areas; walls were rebuilt and door openings between rooms modified.
caption: View from villa
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