Clunia Sulpicia - Coruña del Conde (Burgos)
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Before it has been conquered by the romans, it was an important arevacos' city than coins its own money. It was one of most importants roman cities in the north of Spain. Sertorio resists inside it to Pompeyo, who destroyed it in 72 b.C. By the time it became in Juridic Conventus and was the shelter of Servio Sulpicio Galba, roman governor of Hispania by the year 68 during civils wars against Nero. Here he received the new of the emperor's dead and his election by the roman Senate to replace him. Clunia became a colony and then it will acquire its full name: Colony Clunia Sulpicia. Colony by its juridic condition in the roman law, Clunia by its celtiberic name, and Sulpicia by the roman gens of Galba. |
CLUNIA HOUSES
I-IV Century A.C. 
There are several houses digged out inside the archaeological site. It can be easily seen their structure and the beautiful collection of marble mosaics. Very special are those of number 1 and number 3 houses, the last one named as crateras mosaic.
CLUNIA
THEATER
I-II Century A.C.
It was built employing a difference in level of the ground. It only preserve part of the middle and superior caveas or gradins because they were digged out in the rock. It had capacity for 8.000 - 9.500 spectators so was one the bigger roman theaters of our country. The access to the gradins is very rude for its size because it has not any entrance and the north side it has not any exit to outside.
CLUNIA
THERMAL BATHS
I-III Century A.C.
The Clunia thermal baths was sited in two big buildings named "The Archs I" and "The Archs II". The Archs I is a big simetric building from one longitudinal axis. It is formed by palestras, apoditeriums (preparatory rooms for baths), frigidariums (rooms of cold bath) and tepidariums (rooms for temperated bath). The only caldarium (room for hot bath) in the middle it has the heaten ovens and three swimming pools. The main access it is a semicircular portico communicating with the street.
