🏛️ Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida: Church of Sta. Clara and Visigothic Art Collection
Medieval church preserving Visigothic heritage in Spain's Roman heartland
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Mérida, Badajoz province, Extremadura, Spain
- Period: 13th-century church built over 6th–7th-century Visigothic basilica
- Collection: One of the Iberian Peninsula's significant assemblages of Visigothic artefacts
- UNESCO inscription: 1993
The Church of Santa Clara is a medieval sanctuary in Mérida, Extremadura that preserves substantial remains of Visigothic religious and material culture from the post-Roman period. The 13th-century structure was erected directly atop the foundations of a Visigothic basilica dating to the 6th or 7th century, creating vertical archaeological stratigraphy that documents the transition between Roman and medieval dominance on the Iberian Peninsula. The Church of Santa Clara was inscribed as part of ...