Archaeology, Territory and Cultural Material

It has long been known that the Vega Baja zone of Toledo was occupied in Roman times, and in Visigothic times, an especially relevant period for the city.

The importance of the zone was confirmed in 2001 by investigations using archaeological field survey techniques. The report summed up: “the first conclusion is that a significant archaeological finds record has been drawn up for virtually the whole of the surveyed area, showing remains that correspond to intense occupation in the Visigothic period and extremely sparse remains from Medieval and modern times.”

Excavations have confirmed the presence of remains that indicate archaeological structures of great interest.

“The site has become one of the most remarkable archaeological discoveries and investigation projects in Spain … The complexity of the finds record … and the striking urban structure over such a wide area and dating from a period we know so little about - the Visigothic – make the recent finds that we are now involved with hugely important, something that will be fully appreciated over the course of the excavations that are now underway”. What we have here is a “group of structures with very different levels of preservation giving us a glimpse of some of the components of the urban pattern of one of Visigothic and post-Visigothic Toledo’s outlying settlements … we are looking at a level of occupation with urban or semi-urban features that include a well-defined residential network with its own internal supply roads”.