Editing Mérida, Spain (section)

===Main sights===
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Among the remaining Roman monuments are:
[[File:Mérida - Puente romano sobre el Guadiana - DSC 2172 W.jpg|thumb|[[Puente Romano]]]]
The [[Puente Romano]], a bridge over the [[Guadiana]] River that is still used by pedestrians, and the longest of all existing [[Roman bridge]]s.<ref name="O’Connor 106–107">{{harvnb|O'Connor|1993|pp=106–107}}.</ref> Annexed is a fortification (the ''[[Alcazaba of Mérida|Alcazaba]]''), built by the Muslim emir [[Abd ar-Rahman II]] in 835 on the Roman walls and Roman-Visigothic edifices in the area. The court houses Roman mosaics, while underground is a Visigothic cistern.
* remains of the [[Roman Forum (Mérida)|Forum]], including the Temple of Diana, and of the Roman [[Provincial Forum (Mérida)|Provincial Forum]], including the so-called [[Arch of Trajan (Mérida)|Arch of Trajan]]
* remains of the [[Circus Maximus (Mérida)|Circus Maximus]] (1st century BC), one of the best preserved Roman circus buildings
[[File:Acueducto "Los Milagros" Mérida (Badajoz, España).jpg|thumb|[[Acueducto de los Milagros]]]]
* [[Acueducto de los Milagros]] ([[aqueduct (Roman)|aqueduct]] of Miracles)
* [[Roman villa|patrician villa]] called the ''[[Mithraeum|Villa Mitreo]]'', with precious mosaic pavements
* [[Proserpina Dam]] and [[Cornalvo Dam]], two [[Roman reservoirs]] still in use
* the [[Mérida Amphitheater|Amphitheatre]], and the [[Roman Theatre of Mérida|Roman theatre]], where a summer festival of [[Classical theatre]] is presented, usually with versions of Greco-Roman classics or modern plays set in ancient times.
*Morerías archaeological site
* [[National Museum of Roman Art]] designed by [[Rafael Moneo]]
* Church of ''Santa Eulalia'', dating to the 4th century but rebuilt in the 13th century. Its portico reuses parts of an ancient temple of Mars.
[[File:Templo de Diana en Mérida.jpg|thumb|Temple of Diana]]
Other sights include:

*[[Co-cathedral of Saint Mary Major of Mérida|Cathedral of Saint Mary Major]] (13th-14th centuries)
*Renaissance ''Ayuntamiento'' (Town Hall)
*Church of ''Santa Clara'' (17th century)
*[[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] church of ''Nuestra Señora de la Antigua'' (15th-16th centuries)
*Baroque church of ''Nuestra Señora del Carmen'' (18th century)

Several notable buildings were built more recently, including the Escuela de la Administración Pública (Public Administration College), the Consejerías y Asamblea de Junta de Extremadura (councils and parliament of Extremadura), the Agencía de la Vivienda de Extremadura (Housing Agency of Extremadura), the Biblioteca del Estado (State Library), the Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones (auditorium), the Factoría de Ocio y Creación Joven (cultural and leisure center for youth), the Complejo Cultural Hernán Cortés (cultural centre), the Ciudad Deportiva (sports city), the Universidad de Mérida (Mérida University), the Confederación Hidrografica del Guadiana (Guadiana Hydrographic Confederation designed by [[Rafael Moneo]]), the [[Lusitania Bridge]] over the Guadiana River designed by [[Santiago Calatrava]]), the Palacio de Justicia (Justice Hall), etc.