Although Denia was established many centuries earlier, it was in the era of the Roman Empire when it began its period of splendour, specifically at the end of the 1st century, coinciding with the consulship of Marcus Cocceius Nerva, who would later ascend to the highest rank: Emperor Caesar. During those years, houses, manufacturing and commercial facilities and the L’Almadrava anchorage were built on our land. A blossoming that was only made possible by the period of peace and prosperity that began with Nerva, a wise, tolerant and capable man who, despite his
short mandate, laid the foundations for Rome’s fi nest hour.“Dianium”, now Denia, benefited greatly from these circumstances and prospered as an essential enclave in Roman Hispania.
Today we pay tribute to Emperor Caesar Augustus Nerva by naming your new development after him.