Citania of Santa Luzia (Iron Age to Romanization). Viana do Castelo, Portugal.
It is a notable example of a fortified town in the northwestern peninsula. The citania of Santa Luzia is a fortified town of proto-urban type, inhabited continuously between the Iron Age and the Romanization. Privileged strategic position, allowed to dominate the estuary and the mouth of the river Limia and, at the same time, the Atlantic coast.
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