Lucentum
Ancient city · Spain
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 38.364, -0.438
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: Lucentum, called Lucentia by Pomponius Mela, is the Roman predecessor of the city of Alicante, Spain.
History
Lucentum, called Lucentia by Pomponius Mela, is the Roman predecessor of the city of Alicante, Spain. Particularly, it refers to the archaeological site in which the remains of this ancient settlement lie, at a place known as El Tossal de Manises, in the neighborhood of Albufereta.