page_title: Celsa (Roman city)
section_title: Site
hierarchical_section_title: Celsa (Roman city) / Site
caption_attribution_description: Español: Colonia Victrix Iulia Lepida / Colonia Victrix Iulia Celsa (años 44 adC - 56) - Mosaico en la Casa de los Delfines
context_page_description: Celsa was an important pre-Roman and Roman city located near the modern town of Velilla de Ebro.
  Recent excavations have brought to light many rich private and public buildings which give a glimpse of its former grandeur.
context_section_description: Whole neighbourhoods have been brought to light with paved streets and blocks of houses of several floors arranged around courtyards, in Roman fashion, and rooms decorated with mosaics and paintings are numerous. Commercial establishments such as warehouses, shops, a market and a bakery can be seen.
  Roman architects carefully designed the street plan around the terraced slopes so that the streets evacuated rainwater into the Ebro because, unlike other Roman cities, it had no drains. For this reason the main arteries of the city are parallel and perpendicular to the river.
  Excavations have also unearthed remains of several residential buildings of great interest, among which are the Houses of the Dolphin and of Hercules, both with beautiful and important wall paintings.
caption: Mosaic in the House of the Dolphins
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