Salpensa, the spanish Pompeii

Abstract

The exact location of the Municipality of Flavio Salpensano, located in the Municipal District of Utrera (Seville, Spain) is presented, as an example of an ex novo construction in the double city phenomenon, since the main remains are found on the El Casar hill. , where vestiges are documented from the Chalcolithic to the Full Middle Ages in which it was abandoned for various reasons. In the discovery of this Roman city, exclusively Roman remains that we describe are located. The exploitation of salt is also determined as a fundamental resource for its maintenance, a fact that lasted until its exhaustion in the medieval period. The controversy of its true location is addressed, as well as the origin of its name. The most important emergent remains are described in an attempt to want to see the Spanish Pompeii in this area.