Roman city of Lucus Augusti

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The Roman city of Lucus Augusti, located in what is now Lugo in northwestern Spain, was an important administrative and military center of Roman Gallaecia renowned for its remarkably preserved defensive walls.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman colonia ⓘ
ancient Roman city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
archaeologicalRemainsFound building foundations ⓘ
ceramics ⓘ
coins ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
associatedWith Roman Gallaecia ⓘ
connectedBy Roman roads ⓘ
connectedTo Asturica Augusta ⓘ
Bracara Augusta ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
foundedBy Romans ⓘ
foundedInPeriod 1st century BC ⓘ
function administrative center ⓘ
commercial center ⓘ
military center ⓘ
hasCityWallGates multiple city gates ⓘ
hasCityWallHeight up to about 10 to 15 metres ⓘ
hasCityWallPerimeter approximately 2117 metres ⓘ
hasCityWallTowers over 80 towers ⓘ
hasFeature Roman baths ⓘ
Roman bridge ⓘ
Roman walls of Lugo ⓘ
linked to: Roman Walls of Lugo

amphitheatre ⓘ
aqueduct ⓘ
defensive walls ⓘ
forum ⓘ
road network ⓘ
hasLatinName Lucus Augusti ⓘ
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Roman Walls of Lugo" ⓘ
languageUsed Latin ⓘ
locatedIn Galicia ⓘ
Lugo ⓘ
Roman province of Gallaecia ⓘ
northwestern Spain ⓘ
linked to: northwest Spain
modernName Lugo ⓘ
namedAfter emperor Augustus ⓘ
linked to: Augustus
notableFor remarkably preserved Roman walls ⓘ
urban defensive system ⓘ
partOf Roman Empire ⓘ
region northwest Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
religionPracticed Roman polytheism ⓘ
servedAs conventus capital of Lucensis ⓘ
timePeriod Roman Imperial period ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageComponent Roman Walls of Lugo ⓘ
wasCapitalOf conventus Lucensis ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman Walls of Lugo → partOf → Roman city of Lucus Augusti ⓘ
Muralla de Lugo → surrounds → Roman town of Lucus Augusti ⓘ
linked to: Roman city of Lucus Augusti