Place:Saguntum, Valencia, Valencia, Spain

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NameSaguntum
Alt namesArsesource: Ancient World, Archaeology (1995) M-N
Murbitersource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) X, 301
Murviedrosource: Times Atlas of World History (1993) p 350
Saguntsource: Wikipedia
Saguntosource: Wikipedia
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates39.667°N 0.267°W
Located inValencia, Valencia, Spain
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Sagunto is a municipality of Spain, located in the province of Valencia, Valencian Community. It belongs to the modern fertile comarca of Camp de Morvedre. It is located c. 30 km north of the city of Valencia, close to the Costa del Azahar on the Mediterranean Sea.

It is best known for the remains of the ancient Iberian and Roman city of Saguntum. The siege of Saguntum in 219 BC was the trigger of the Second Punic War between the Carthaginians and the Romans.

The municipality includes three differentiated urban nuclei: Ciutat Vella (Sagunto), and . Over half of the population lives in the coastal settlement of Puerto de Sagunto.

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