Riba-roja de Túria () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the ''comarca'' of

Camp de Túria Camp may refer to: Areas of confinement, imprisonment, or for execution * Concentration camp, an internment camp for political prisoners or politically targeted demographics, such as members of national or minority ethnic groups * Extermination ...

in the

Valencian Community The Valencian Community is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid wit ...

, Spain. Its population is of 21 992 inhabitants ( INE 2018). Riba-roja is located to the side of the river Turia. It is also known of the archaeological sites of '' El Pla del Nadal''. The site preserves part of a

Visigothic The Visigoths (; ) were a Germanic people united under the rule of a king and living within the Roman Empire during late antiquity. The Visigoths first appeared in the Balkans, as a Roman-allied barbarian military group united under the comman ...

building from the second half of the 7th century discovered in 1970 while carrying out agricultural activities.

Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of Roman civilization *Epistle to the Romans, shortened to Romans, a letter w ...

and

Byzantine The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived the events that caused the fall of the Western Roman E ...

archaeological artefacts facts have been found at the site, as well as Visigothic archaeological artefacts. Another site that can be found in this town is the archaeological site of Pallantia or Valencia la Vieja ''(València la Vella'' in Valencian), with code 46.11.214-007. Specialists have even dated the site to the Visigothic or late Roman period.

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Municipalities in Camp de Túria Populated places in Camp de Túria {{valencia-geo-stub