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These ruins of a church were once part of the huge palatine complex in Reccopolis, a rare urban settlement founded by the Visigoths in Spain.
Most historians and archaeologists agree: The sixth century A.D. was not an easy time to be alive. The Western Roman Empire had collapsed in the previous century, plunging much of the continent into economic, political, and social upheaval. On top of this, the first outbreak and frequent recurrence of bubonic plague resulted in the estimated deaths of m
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