Information

Categories: Badajoz
  • City: No City
  • Route Vía de la Plata Route
  • Price: All activities are free, with only a few requiring pre-registration.
  • Start Date: 18/05/2026
  • End Date: 24/05/2026
  • Duration: One week
  • Type of Experience: Cultural
  • Experience Subtype: Historical Recreations
  • Participation: General public
  • Main season: Spring
  • Differential Elements: Emerita Lvdica is a tourist and cultural event aimed at associations and groups of a cultural nature, reenactors, media and press, national and international visitors and tourists, and experts and enthusiasts of the Roman world. It is, in short, an enjoyable product for the whole family that is open to the active participation of the public (dressed as Romans) eager to enjoy and (re)live history.
  • Target Audience: All types of audience
  • Technology Usage: Apps, totems, free city-wide Wi-Fi, QR codes, NFC, billboards
  • Technology Type: Website and social media, online bookings
  • Number of views: N/A
  • Social Media Followers: IG: 6000 / FB: 18000 (Mérida Tourism)
  • Languages Available: ES, EN
  • Advance booking required: No
  • Contact: emeritalvdica@merida.es

Emerita Lvdica

What's included / What is it?

Gladiatorial contests will be held, rites in the Temple of Diana, reenactments of daily life in the forum, legionary parades and military practices next to the city. Military Reenactments, Scenes of Daily Life, Public Spectacles, Worship and Religion, Artisan Markets, Guided Tours, Catwalks, Chariot Races and Roman Costume Workshop.

Emerita Lvdica, a Festival of Regional Tourist Interest in Extremadura, bears this name with the aim of reviving the festive atmosphere that accompanied the celebration of games in the capital of Lusitania. For a few days, we will travel back in time to relive the past of Augusta Emerita. We will be able to see scenes of daily Roman life that reflect the diversity and customs of Roman High Imperial society, bringing the city's archaeological remains back to life each year.

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