Enclave Arquelógico Carteia
Enclave Arquelógico Carteia is a museum in San Roque, Cádiz, Andalusia. Enclave Arquelógico Carteia is situated nearby to the tower Torre del Rocadillo, as well as near the hamlet Guadarranque.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Carteia and Torre del Rocadillo.
Carteia
Photo: Falconaumanni, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Carteia was a Phoenician and Roman town at the head of the Bay of Gibraltar in Spain. It was established at the most northerly point of the bay, next to the town of San Roque, about halfway between the modern cities of Algeciras and Gibraltar, overlooking the sea on elevated ground at the confluence of two rivers, nowadays called Guadarranque and Cachon. Carteia is situated 250 metres north of Enclave Arquelógico Carteia.
Torre del Rocadillo
Tower
Photo: Falconaumanni, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Torre del Rocadillo is a historic ruined tower, located about a mile to the west of Puente Mayorga in the municipality of San Roque in the Province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain. It was constructed in the 16th century. Torre del Rocadillo is situated 160 metres southeast of Enclave Arquelógico Carteia.
Los Barrios power plant
Power station
Photo: Fernando Osuna, CC BY 2.0.
The Los Barrios Power Plant coal-fired power station is based on the Rankine Cycle. It is located in the municipality of Los Barrios in southern Spain, next to the Gibraltar-San Roque Refinery. Los Barrios power plant is situated 1 km west of Enclave Arquelógico Carteia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Guadarranque and Guadacorte.
Guadacorte
Quarter
Photo: El Pantera, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Guadacorte is a village and district of the Spanish municipality of Los Barrios in the Province of Cádiz, Spain, between Gibraltar and Algeciras. It is located eight kilometers east of the main town of the municipality and had a population of 1,113 inhabitants in 2009.
Puente Mayorga
Village
Photo: Ambil, Public domain.
Puente Mayorga is a coastal village and district of the municipality of San Roque of the Province of Cádiz, Andalucia, Spain. Although it belongs administratively to San Roque, it is three kilometres south of the centre and is located on the Bay of Gibraltar, to the northwest of Gibraltar, and is effectively a northwestern suburb of La Línea de la Concepción.
Enclave Arquelógico Carteia
- Type: Museum
- Also known as: “Enclave Arquelogico Carteia”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: San Roque, Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
36.18301° or 36° 10′ 59″ northLongitude
-5.41063° or 5° 24′ 38″ westElevation
9 metres (30 feet)Open location code
8C8P5HMQ+6PGeoNames ID
11874773
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