CASTILLA - LA MANCHA N N 322 (A 32) ALBACETE Tren A.V.E. A 4 a Madrid MADRID ROMANROMAN BAETICABAETICA ROUTEROUTE N 420 CIUDAD REAL Today the Roman Baetica Route PARQUE NATURAL EXTREMADURA SIERRA DE covers twelve cities in the provinces DESPEÑAPERROS of Seville, Cordova and Cadiz. Crossing the southernmost N 432 A 4 N 322 A 66 PARQUE NATURAL SIERRA N 420 BAILÉN A 32 province of the Roman Hispania, MÉRIDA DE HORNACHUELOS MONTORO ÚBEDA PARQUE NATURAL it encompasses regions once PARQUE NATURAL SIERRA DE CARZORLA SIERRA DE ARACENA Y PICOS DE AROCHE A 4 served by the Via Augusta. N 433 A 44 BAEZA A 66 A ALMODÓVAR A 316 ROUTE N 433 DEL RÍO A 306 The Route runs through CÓRDOBA JAÉN countryside of great MURCIA A 7 geographic and natural GUADALQUIVIR BAETICA N 331 MURCIA N 432 interest, such as the A 431 44 A A 91 VALENCIA A 4 A 45 A 316 A 92N ÉCIJA BARCELONA Subbética Mountains N 435 RÍO N 432 BAZA Natural Park in SANTIPONCE A 431 CARMONA ALCALÁ A 318PARQUE NATURAL LA REAL A 308 ROMAN Cordova, La Campiña, A 4 PUENTE GENIL DE LAS SIERRAS SUBBÉTICAS A 92N A 7 LA LUISIANA Bahía de Cadiz MARCHENA A 318 A 339 OSUNA A 388 ALMEDINILLA Natural Park, Sierra de A 49 A 364 GUADIX A 49 SEVILLA A 376 N 432 A 92 Hornachuelos Natural Park and the HUELVA A 394 A 92 N IV Guadalquivir Valley. PORTUGAL A 92 UTRERA A 92 AYAMONTE A 92 GRANADA Ntra. Sra. N 331 A 44 PARQUE NACIONAL The tourist offering in these towns features del Rocío DE SIERRA NEVADA N 340 PARQUE NACIONAL A 375 A 7 scores of elements worthy of admiration, DE DOÑANA A 384 PARQUE NATURAL A 92M PRACTICAL GUIDES including Seville Gate at Carmona, the city of N IV ANTEQUERA CABO DE GATA AP 4 ALGODONALES NÍJAR PARQUE NATURAL A 45 Italica at Santiponce, the El Ruedo estate in EL TORCAL DE Almedinilla, the walls around Marchena and the A 384 ANTEQUERA OCÉANO ATLÁNTICO PARQUE NATURAL A 374 architectural compounds at Osuna, Écija and ARCOS DE SIERRA DE A 7 LA FRONTERA GRAZALEMA ALMERÍA Cordova. A 382 A 7 JEREZ RONDA A 397 MÁLAGA MOTRIL From the third century BCE through the fifth A 4 CÁDIZ AP 7 century CE Baetica was one of the territories A 381 A 7 PARQUE annexed to the Roman Empire. Under Roman NATURALDE LOS ALCORNOCALES A 7 A 48 PARQUE NATURAL MARBELLA rule, this region was valued for its mining, olive BAHÍA DE CÁDIZ ITERRÁNE Expressway AP 7 D O ME Airport oil and cereal production and its highly A 7 AR AP Toll motorway Romanized population. So Romanized was it EUROPA M National road Cruise line in fact that two of its N 340 Local road Railway station ROUTES citizens rose to imperial GIBRALTAR High speed railway Railway station power: Emperors ESPAÑA ALGECIRAS (A.V.E.) track A.V.E. Trajan and Hadrian, TARIFA Railway track both born in Italica. 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