Carpia was an Iberian city which is said to be the site of the ancient city Tartessos, or the refoundation of the sunken city.
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Pausanias, a greek traveller and geographer, wrote of a connection between Tartessos and Carpia after visiting Elis:
"They say that Tartessus is a river in the land of the Iberians, running down into the sea by two mouths, and that between these two mouths lies a city of the same name. The river, which is the largest in Iberia, and tidal, those of a later day called Baetis, and there are some who think that Tartessus was the ancient name of Carpia, a city of the Iberians."
Carpia was an Iberian city which is said to be the site of the ancient city Tartessos, or the refoundation of the sunken city.
Pausanias, a Greek traveller and geographer, wrote of a connection between Tartessos and Carpia after visiting Elis:
The river, which is the largest in Iberia, and tidal, those of a later day called Baetis, and there are some who think that Tartessus was the ancient name of Carpia, a city of the Iberians."
One theory is that the city had been destroyed by the Carthaginians who wanted to take over the Tartessans' trading routes.
Another is that it had been refounded, under obscure conditions, as Carpia.
The name "Carpia" possibly survives as El Carpio, a site in a bend of the Guadalquivir, but the origin of its name has been associated with its imposing oldest feature, a Moorish tower erected in 1325 by the engineer responsible for the alcázar of Seville.
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