Lucentum

Lucentum

The archaeological site is surrounded by the buildings of modern Alicante.
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Location	Alicante, Province of Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
Coordinates	38°21′52″N 00°26′18″W / 38.36444°N 0.43833°W / 38.36444; -0.43833
Type	Settlement
History
Founded	End of the 3rd century BC
Abandoned	Between the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD

Lucentum (Greek: Λούκεντον, Loúkenton),^[1] called Lucentia by Pomponius Mela,^[2] is the Roman predecessor of the city of Alicante, Spain. Particularly, it refers to the archaeological site in which the remains of this ancient settlement lie, at a place known as El Tossal de Manises, in the neighborhood of Albufereta.