Bolonia

15km/9mi northwest of Tarifa on N 340, a side road on the left (signposted to Playa de Bolonia) leads to Bolonia, where the remains of the Roman settlement of Belonia Claudia, founded in 171 B.C., were discovered and excavated by French archeologists in 1917-22. The town, which remained in existence for 700 years, was surrounded by a 4m/13ft high wall and gained its subsistence from fishing. Excavation has brought to light the forum, with a semicircular fountain and three temples of the first century A.D., and remains of baths and a theatre of the same period.