Monasterio de San Isidro

You can do a lot of walking in the USA, but you won´t come around a bend to a view like this. The Monasterio de San Isidro is in the town of Santiponce, the site of the former Roman settlement of Italica which was founded in 206 BC.

Italica was the birthplace of Roman Emperors Trajan and Hadrian. Hadrian was generous to his home town, which he made a colonia; he added temples, including a Trajaneum venerating Trajan, and rebuilt public buildings. Italica’s amphitheater seated 25,000 spectators—half as many as the Flavian Amphitheatre in Rome— and was the third largest in the Roman Empire. The city's Roman population at the time is estimated to have been only 80,000. For photos and a more detailed description of Italica,click here.