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The "Head of Hispania" is a beautiful female marble bust from the Roman site of Munigua (Mulva), near Villanueva del Río y Minas, currently housed in the archaeological museum of Seville. This exceptional bust was found in 1960, in the pool of the frigidarium of the thermal baths. This bust aroused special interest. After a documented analysis, it was established that the most probable representation was that of a nymph or perhaps that of Aphrodite/Venus, inserted within the sculptural program o