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Carteia
Ancient city · Spain
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- 939 BC
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 36.186, -5.412
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: древний город в Бетике
History
Carteia was a Phoenician and Roman town at the head of the Bay of Gibraltar in Spain. It was established at the most northerly point of the bay, next to the town of San Roque, about halfway between the modern cities of Algeciras and Gibraltar, overlooking the sea on elevated ground at the confluence of two rivers, nowadays called Guadarranque and Cachon.