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Saint Valentine, the Roman who married the Catholics in secret

The National Museum of Roman Art in Mérida holds an event to commemorate this saint who was executed by Emperor Claudius II on 14 of February in the year 270.

ENAMORATE EMERITA AUGUSTA
Rubén Caballero

The National Museum of Roman Art celebrates every year, on this day, the event called 'Fall in love with Emerita Augusta'. On this day, they invite visitors' significant others to a romantic scene in their recreation of a Roman bedroom. Amongst frescoes on the walls and mosaics on the floor, visitors are given bunches of grapes. Moment immortalised by a camera.