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Andalucia, Spain
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Berja is a municipality, former bishopric and Latin titular see in Almeria province, in the self sufficient network of Andalusia, southern SpainIt is positioned on the south-japanese slope of the Sierra de Gador, 10 miles north-east of Adra by means of road. Berja may additionally have Phoenician or Iberian origins; it changed into recognized to the Romans as Vergis or Vergium, and it was a part of the province of Baetica. There are Roman remains within the Villa Vieja: an amphitheater and an aqueduct, and mosaics whose style and manufacturing are just like those found in Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Saint Ctesiphon San Tesifon, purchaser saint of the town, is stated to have preached in the vicinity within the first century, bringing Christianity to the metropolis. From this period are conserved cash, crosses and a sarcophagus observed in the neighborhood of Alcaudique, which is now inside the National Archaeological Museum Museo Arqueológico Nacional. A replica exists inside the Museum of Almería.

The website online suffered an earthquake inside the 5th century, and the Roman city in the end dissolved into numerous smaller communities, one of which –Berja- became the dominant one. After the Moorish invasion of Iberia in the eighth century, the metropolis was referred to as Berja, and a fort turned into built within the metropolis. Remains of Moorish baths can still be seen inside the neighborhood of Beneji.

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