The Roman Via Augusta

The Roman Via Augusta

Yesterday I saw a Roman bridge although, despite being on a route named the Via Augusta after the Roman road of that name, I am not sure the two are associated. Indeed, other than the route around the Bay of Cadiz and the town of El Cuervo which purports to lie on the route I am not sure how much contact I have had with the original Roman road; I have seen no evidence of it and from what I have read its exact route to Seville is not fully known although parts do lie under the modern Spanish road system.

Roman Bridge

The section I am walking - whether seen or not - is actually only a tiny piece of the original whole; tomorrow I will have completed just over 100 miles of what was once the longest and busiest Roman road in Hispania, stretching along the Mediterranean coast and into modern day France. Once in Seville I will then leave the Via Augusta and head north on the Via de la Plata towards Santiago de Compostela.