The Castle of Montevetrano is a medieval castle in the municipality of San Cipriano Picentino. The fortress originated from a Roman castrum of the 3rd century BC, built to control the Picentine populations who were relocated in the plain of Sele.
Between the 11th and 13th centuries, it was equipped with perimeter walls, with an entrance gate on the north side, and a cylindrical tower located inside the courtyard.
In 1867, the Carabinieri (Italian military police) used the castle to monitor the incursions of bandits. During World War II, the castle was occupied by the German army, who, thanks to its strategic position on the hill, could control the entire Sele Valley.
The castle's intact perimeter walls, four interior rooms, the three-level cylindrical tower, and two large cisterns have survived to this day.
The Roman Theatre of Mérida is a construction promoted by the consul Vipsanius Agrippa in the Roman city of Emerita Augusta, capital of Lusitania (current Mérida). It was constructed in the years 16 to 15 BCE. One of the most famous and visited landmarks in Spain, the Roman Theatre of Mérida is regarded as a Spanish cultural icon and was chosen as one of the 12 Treasures of Spain.
The theatre has undergone several renovations, notably at the end of the 1st century or early 2nd century CE (possibly during the reign of Emperor Trajan), when the current facade of the scaenae frons was erected, and another in the time of Constantine I (between 330 and 340), which introduced new decorative-architectural elements and a walkway around the monument. Following the theatre"s abandonment in Late Antiquity, it was slowly covered with earth, with only the upper tiers of seats (summa cavea) remaining visible.