venta
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venta (plural ventas)
A roadside inn in Spain.
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A fossil toad (specimen UCMP 41159) from the La Venta fauna of the late Miocene of Colombia is indistinguishable from modern cane toads from northern South America.
Before European arrival main Pyramid principal de La Venta, one of the oldest pyramids in the Americas.
La Venta was the last great Olmec centre.
It seems to have been known as Wentā or Venta, from the Brittonic for "town" or "meeting place".
The Olmec civilization ended in 400 BC, with the defacing and destruction of San Lorenzo and La Venta, two of the major cities.
Medieval period Following the Roman withdrawal from Britain in 410, urban life seems to have continued at Venta Belgarum until around 450 AD, and a small administrative centre might have continued after that on the site of the later Anglo-Saxon palace.