Spain - Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco
The Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco is located in Tarragona, in
the Autonomous Region of Catalonia, in the northeast of the Iberian
Peninsula. The city of Tárraco was the first and oldest Roman settlement
on the Iberian Peninsula and capital of most of the peninsular
territory, the province of Hispania Citerior. It was a major
administrative and mercantile city in Roman Spain and the major centre
of the Imperial cult for all the Iberian provinces. Tárraco was endowed
with many fine buildings, and archaeological excavations have revealed
parts of the Roman settlement from the foundation of the city in the
Republican period (3rd century BCE) to the Early Christian Era.
The serial property encompasses a total area of 32.83 ha and is
comprised of the Roman city of Tárraco, the present day city of
Tarragona, and a number of elements within the surrounding territory:
Roman walls, the Imperial cult enclosure, the Square with representation
of the provincial forum, the Circus, the Colony forum, the Roman
theatre, the Amphitheatre, the Visigoth basilica and Romanesque church,
the Early Christian necropolis, the Hydraulic conduits from Tárraco to
Les Ferreres aqueduct, the Tower of the Scipios, the Mèdol quarry, the
Centcelles villa and mausoleum, the Els Munts villa and Berà Arch.
From Jordi
