# Cartago Nova Foro Romano

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Cartago Nova Foro Romano presents part of Cartagena’s ancient Roman civic quarter through archaeological remains. Roman baths anchor the visible remains of this urban forum area.

Residential sectors with shop fronts show how homes and street commerce occupied the quarter beside public spaces. Sacred rooms mark ritual activity within the forum quarter. The site brings bathing, household life, commerce and religious practice together within a compact Roman urban setting.

A connected museum explains the buildings and their context. Its exhibits address the urban layout, construction techniques and possible functions of the excavated structures. Cartago Nova began as a Carthaginian settlement on an earlier Iberian site. Roman rule later shaped its civic development.

As the capital of Carthaginensis, the city developed public infrastructure and dense quarters around its civic centre. The Roman theatre offers a separate comparison within Cartagena’s ancient urban landscape. Together, the forum and theatre show distinct spaces for civic activity, ritual, commerce, performance and gathering.

Paved surfaces and masonry reveal the quarter’s built form. Interpretive materials also describe how archaeologists distinguish layers and connect architectural traces with Roman uses.

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