The substratum permanent structures of Roman Valencia

Abstract

The territory and urban form of numerous cities in the region of Valencia were strongly conditioned by the imprint of Roman planning. Research on Roman planning in the Italian peninsula has allowed recognition of a number of types of plans, leading to the development of a general method of ‘reading’ similar structures derived from Roman planning. Application of this method to the territory of the region of Valencia is proposed. The two straight sections of Via Heraclea-Augusta, and the related agrarian tissues, provide a basis for reconstructing the original pattern, the structures of which influence all the subsequent expansions of the historical centre of Valencia.