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  • Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC); Scenae Frons built in 105 AD and restored between 333 and 335 AD. Wide steps conceived for 6'000 of spectators. Excavation of the theatre in 1910; Since 1933, heart of the Classic Theatre Summer Festival in Spain, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC); Scenae Frons built in 105 AD and restored between 333 and 335 AD. Wide steps conceived for 6'000 of spectators. Excavation of the theatre in 1910; Since 1933, heart of the Classic Theatre Summer Festival in Spain, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC); Scenae Frons built in 105 AD and restored between 333 and 335 AD. Wide steps conceived for 6'000 of spectators. Excavation of the theatre in 1910; Since 1933, heart of the Classic Theatre Summer Festival in Spain, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Scenae frons, built in 105 AD and restored between 333 and 335 AD, with Sculpture of Pluto and the Emperor in military dress; Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC), Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Scenae frons, built in 105 AD and restored between 333 and 335 AD, with Sculpture of Pluto and the Emperor in military dress; Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC), Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Scenae frons, built in 105 AD and restored between 333 and 335 AD; stage and back stage in the distance; Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC), Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Entrance to the stage; Scenae frons, built in 105 AD and restored between 333 and 335 AD; Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC), Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Scenae frons, built in 105 AD and restored between 333 and 335 AD, with sculptures of Persephone and Ceres in the distance; Replicas of the original sculptures dated 1st Century AD, in safe custody at the National Museum of Roman Art since 1986; Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC), Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Scenae frons, built in 105 AD and restored between 333 and 335 AD, with sculptures of Emperor in military dress and Persephone; Replicas of the original sculptures dated 1st Century AD, in safe custody at the National Museum of Roman Art since 1986; Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC), Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Persephone; Scenae frons built in 105 AD and restored between 333 and 335 AD; Replica of the original sculpture dated 1st Century AD, in safe custody at the National Museum of Roman Art since 1986; Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC), Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Pluto in between of the columns of the scenae frons, built in 105 AD and restored between 333 and 335 AD; Replica of the original sculpture dated 1st Century AD, in safe custody at the National Museum of Roman Art since 1986; Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC), Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Pluto with Ceres in the distance; Scenae frons built in 105 AD and restored between 333 and 335 AD; Replicas of the original sculptures dated 1st Century AD, in safe custody at the National Museum of Roman Art since 1986; Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC), Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Pluto with Ceres in the distance; Scenae frons built in 105 AD and restored between 333 and 335 AD; Replicas of the original sculptures dated 1st Century AD, in safe custody at the National Museum of Roman Art since 1986; Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC), Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Pluto in between of the columns of the scenae frons, built in 105 AD and restored between 333 and 335 AD; Replica of the original sculpture dated 1st Century AD, in safe custody at the National Museum of Roman Art since 1986; Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC), Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Pluto in between of the columns of the scenae frons, built in 105 AD and restored between 333 and 335 AD; Replica of the original sculpture dated 1st Century AD, in safe custody at the National Museum of Roman Art since 1986; Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC), Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Ceres, behind the scenae frons of the Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC); Replica of the original sculpture dated 1st Century AD, in safe custody at the National Museum of Roman Art since 1986, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Ceres, behind the scenae frons of the Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC); Replica of the original sculpture dated 1st Century AD, in safe custody at the National Museum of Roman Art since 1986, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Statue of Ceres, copy of an original 1st century AD sculpture, behind the scenae frons of the Roman theatre, built 16-15 BC under Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, 63-12 BC, in Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, in Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The original statue is in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano. The theatre forms part of the Merida UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceres, behind the scenae frons of the Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC); Replica of the original sculpture dated 1st Century AD, in safe custody at the National Museum of Roman Art since 1986, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Ceres, behind the scenae frons of the Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC); Replica of the original sculpture dated 1st Century AD, in safe custody at the National Museum of Roman Art since 1986, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Emperor in military dress; Scenae frons built in 105 AD and restored between 333 and 335 AD; Replica of the original sculpture dated 1st Century AD, in safe custody at the National Museum of Roman Art since 1986; Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC), Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Columns and Capitals (Detail); Scenae frons built in 105 AD and restored between 333 and 335 AD; Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC), Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Roman ruined house with fountain and chimney; Garden of the Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC), Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Scenae frons, built in 105 AD and restored between 333 and 335 AD; wide steps and back stage in the distance; Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC), Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Roman Amphitheatre, dated 8 BC, with a capacity of 15?000 spectators to enjoy the gladiators? games, fights between animals and between human and animals, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Roman Amphitheatre, dated 8 BC, with a capacity of 15?000 spectators to enjoy the gladiators? games, fights between animals and between human and animals, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Roman Amphitheatre, dated 8 BC, with a capacity of 15?000 spectators to enjoy the gladiators? games, fights between animals and between human and animals, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Principal way to the roman amphiteatre dated 8 BC, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Principal way to the roman amphiteatre dated 8 BC, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • East VIP Loge, reserved to the sponsors of the show; Roman Amphitheatre, dated 8 BC, with a capacity of 15?000 spectators to enjoy the gladiators? games, fights between animals and between human and animals; West VIP Loge, on the opposite side was reserved to the imperial representatives in the city, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Principal access to the roman amphiteatre dated 8 BC, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Roman Circus, built at the beginning of the 1st Century AD; Wide steps for 30?000 spectators; Width 115 meters; Length 440 meters, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Roman Circus, built at the beginning of the 1st Century AD; Wide steps for 30?000 spectators; Width 115 meters; Length 440 meters, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050647.jpg
  • Roman bridge on the Guadiana River, built during the 1st Century BC, to establish the way out of the city through the north; length 792 meters; 60 arches; Largest ever built in the Antic Hispania, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050648.jpg
  • Roman bridge on the Guadiana River, built during the 1st Century BC, to establish the way out of the city through the north; length 792 meters; 60 arches; Largest ever built in the Antic Hispania, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050653.jpg
  • Roman bridge on the Guadiana River, built during the 1st Century BC, to establish the way out of the city through the north; length 792 meters; 60 arches; Largest ever built in the Antic Hispania, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050652.jpg
  • Roman bridge on the Guadiana River, built during the 1st Century BC, to establish the way out of the city through the north; length 792 meters; 60 arches; Largest ever built in the Antic Hispania, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050649.jpg
  • Roman bridge on the Guadiana River, built during the 1st Century BC, to establish the way out of the city through the north; length 792 meters; 60 arches; Largest ever built in the Antic Hispania, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050650.jpg
  • Roman bridge on the Guadiana River, built during the 1st Century BC, to establish the way out of the city through the north; length 792 meters; 60 arches; Largest ever built in the Antic Hispania; Lusitania (Hispania Ulterior) Bridge (in the distance) built by Santiago Calatrava, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Roman bridge on the Guadiana River, built during the 1st Century BC, to establish the way out of the city through the north; length 792 meters; 60 arches; Largest ever built in the Antic Hispania; Lusitania (Hispania Ulterior) Bridge (in the distance) built by Santiago Calatrava, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050654.jpg
  • Roman bridge on the Guadiana River, built during the 1st Century BC, to establish the way out of the city through the north; length 792 meters; 60 arches; Largest ever built in the Antic Hispania; Lusitania (Hispania Ulterior) Bridge (in the distance) built by Santiago Calatrava, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Temple of Diana, dated end of 1st Century BC ? Beginning of 1st Century AD; Identification made by D. Bernabé Moreno de Vargas, local historian, in the 17th Century gave it its name; Excavation in 1971 led the archaeologists to identify it as a Temple dedicated to the Imperial Worship, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Temple of Diana, dated end of 1st Century BC ? Beginning of 1st Century AD; Identification made by D. Bernabé Moreno de Vargas, local historian, in the 17th Century gave it its name; Excavation in 1971 led the archaeologists to identify it as a Temple dedicated to the Imperial Worship, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Temple of Diana, dated end of 1st Century BC ? Beginning of 1st Century AD; Identification made by D. Bernabé Moreno de Vargas, local historian, in the 17th Century gave it its name; Excavation in 1971 led the archaeologists to identify it as a Temple dedicated to the Imperial Worship, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Columns and Capitals; Temple of Diana, dated end of 1st Century BC ? Beginning of 1st Century AD; Identification made by D. Bernabé Moreno de Vargas, local historian, in the 17th Century gave it its name; Excavation in 1971 led the archaeologists to identify it as a Temple dedicated to the Imperial Worship, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Temple of Diana, dated end of 1st Century BC ? Beginning of 1st Century AD; Identification made by D. Bernabé Moreno de Vargas, local historian, in the 17th Century gave it its name; Excavation in 1971 led the archaeologists to identify it as a Temple dedicated to the Imperial Worship, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050660.jpg
  • Alcántara Roman bridge, built at the beginning of the 1st century AD by Cayo Julio Lacer; its length is 194 meters; in the middle stands an honorific arch dedicated to Trajan (53 ? 117 AD), Alcántara, Extremadura, Spain
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  • Alcántara Roman bridge, built at the beginning of the 1st century AD by Cayo Julio Lacer; its length is 194 meters; in the middle stands an honorific arch dedicated to Trajan (53 ? 117 AD), Alcántara, Extremadura, Spain
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  • Alcántara Roman bridge, built at the beginning of the 1st century AD by Cayo Julio Lacer; its length is 194 meters; in the middle stands an honorific arch dedicated to Trajan (53 ? 117 AD), Alcántara, Extremadura, Spain
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  • Honorific arch dedicated to Trajan (53 ? 117 AD) in the middle of Alcántara Roman bridge, built at the beginning of the 1st century AD by Cayo Julio Lacer, Alcántara, Extremadura, Spain
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  • Roman temple located at the extreme of the Alcántara Roman bridge, built at the beginning of the 1st century AD by Cayo Julio Lacer, Alcántara, Extremadura, Spain
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  • The Temple of Claudius Marcellus, bare pillars reconstituted from the Roman Temple bearing the name of the founder of the city in 169 BC, Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain.
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  • The ?Ferreres? Aqueduct; I Century AD, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; 217 metres long and maximum height of 27 meters; two storeys of superimposed arcades, with eleven arches on the lower storey and twenty-five arches on the upper storey; located on the left bank of the River Francolí, about 4 km from the town, it carried the water to the town.
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  • The ?Ferreres? Aqueduct; I Century AD, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; 217 metres long and maximum height of 27 meters; two storeys of superimposed arcades, with eleven arches on the lower storey and twenty-five arches on the upper storey; located on the left bank of the River Francolí, about 4 km from the town, it carried the water to the town.
    atarraco06224.jpg
  • The ?Ferreres? Aqueduct; I Century AD, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; 217 metres long and maximum height of 27 meters; two storeys of superimposed arcades, with eleven arches on the lower storey and twenty-five arches on the upper storey; located on the left bank of the River Francolí, about 4 km from the town, it carried the water to the town.
    atarraco06226.jpg
  • The ?Ferreres? Aqueduct; I Century AD, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; 217 metres long and maximum height of 27 meters; located on the left bank of the River Francolí, about 4 km from the town, it carried the water to the town.
    atarraco06227.jpg
  • The ?Ferreres? Aqueduct; I Century AD, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; 217 metres long and maximum height of 27 meters; two storeys of superimposed arcades, with eleven arches on the lower storey and twenty-five arches on the upper storey; located on the left bank of the River Francolí, about 4 km from the town, it carried the water to the town.
    atarraco06229.jpg
  • The ?Ferreres? Aqueduct; I Century AD, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; 217 metres long and maximum height of 27 meters; two storeys of superimposed arcades, with eleven arches on the lower storey and twenty-five arches on the upper storey; located on the left bank of the River Francolí, about 4 km from the town, it carried the water to the town.
    atarraco06232.jpg
  • The ?Ferreres? Aqueduct; I Century AD, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; 217 metres long and maximum height of 27 meters; two storeys of superimposed arcades, with eleven arches on the lower storey and twenty-five arches on the upper storey; located on the left bank of the River Francolí, about 4 km from the town, it carried the water to the town.
    atarraco06233.jpg
  • The ?Ferreres? Aqueduct; I Century AD, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; 217 metres long and maximum height of 27 meters; two storeys of superimposed arcades, with eleven arches on the lower storey and twenty-five arches on the upper storey; located on the left bank of the River Francolí, about 4 km from the town, it carried the water to the town.
    atarraco06237.jpg
  • The ?Ferreres? Aqueduct; I Century AD, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; 217 metres long and maximum height of 27 meters; two storeys of superimposed arcades, with eleven arches on the lower storey and twenty-five arches on the upper storey; located on the left bank of the River Francolí, about 4 km from the town, it carried the water to the town.
    atarraco06231.jpg
  • The ?Ferreres? Aqueduct; I Century AD, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; 217 metres long and maximum height of 27 meters; two storeys of superimposed arcades, with eleven arches on the lower storey and twenty-five arches on the upper storey; located on the left bank of the River Francolí, about 4 km from the town, it carried the water to the town.
    atarraco06235.jpg
  • The Scipio?s Tower; First Century AD; Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; built with big stone blocks which came from a local quarry, it is formed by three superimposed bodies, a plinth and two upper floors where there are two high relief figures and an inscription which cannot be read due to the deterioration; These high relief figures were wrongly attributed to the Escipion?s brothers, founders of the Roman Tarraco. In fact they are two relief figures of the God Atis, a funeral god.
    atarraco06208.jpg
  • The Scipio?s Tower; First Century AD; Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; built with big stone blocks which came from a local quarry, it is formed by three superimposed bodies, a plinth and two upper floors where there are two high relief figures and an inscription which cannot be read due to the deterioration; These high relief figures were wrongly attributed to the Escipion?s brothers, founders of the Roman Tarraco. In fact they are two relief figures of the God Atis, a funeral god.
    atarraco06206.jpg
  • The Scipio?s Tower; First Century AD; Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; built with big stone blocks which came from a local quarry, it is formed by three superimposed bodies, a plinth and two upper floors where there are two high relief figures and an inscription which cannot be read due to the deterioration; These high relief figures were wrongly attributed to the Escipion?s brothers, founders of the Roman Tarraco. In fact they are two relief figures of the God Atis, a funeral god.
    atarraco06207.jpg
  • The Scipio?s Tower; First Century AD; Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; built with big stone blocks which came from a local quarry, it is formed by three superimposed bodies, a plinth and two upper floors where there are two high relief figures and an inscription which cannot be read due to the deterioration; These high relief figures were wrongly attributed to the Escipion?s brothers, founders of the Roman Tarraco. In fact they are two relief figures of the God Atis, a funeral god.
    atarraco06204.jpg
  • The Scipio?s Tower; First Century AD; Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; built with big stone blocks which came from a local quarry, it is formed by three superimposed bodies, a plinth and two upper floors where there are two high relief figures and an inscription which cannot be read due to the deterioration; These high relief figures were wrongly attributed to the Escipion?s brothers, founders of the Roman Tarraco. In fact they are two relief figures of the God Atis, a funeral god.
    atarraco06202.jpg
  • The Scipio?s Tower; First Century AD; Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; built with big stone blocks which came from a local quarry, it is formed by three superimposed bodies, a plinth and two upper floors where there are two high relief figures and an inscription which cannot be read due to the deterioration; These high relief figures were wrongly attributed to the Escipion?s brothers, founders of the Roman Tarraco. In fact they are two relief figures of the God Atis, a funeral god.
    atarraco06205.jpg
  • The Scipio?s Tower; First Century AD; Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; built with big stone blocks which came from a local quarry, it is formed by three superimposed bodies, a plinth and two upper floors where there are two high relief figures and an inscription which cannot be read due to the deterioration; These high relief figures were wrongly attributed to the Escipion?s brothers, founders of the Roman Tarraco. In fact they are two relief figures of the God Atis, a funeral god.
    atarraco06203.jpg
  • The Scipio?s Tower (detail of relief); First Century AD; Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; built with big stone blocks which came from a local quarry, it is formed by three superimposed bodies, a plinth and two upper floors where there are two high relief figures and an inscription which cannot be read due to the deterioration; These high relief figures were wrongly attributed to the Escipion?s brothers, founders of the Roman Tarraco. In fact they are two relief figures of the God Atis, a funeral god.
    atarraco06209.jpg
  • The Scipio?s Tower (detail of relief); First Century AD; Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; built with big stone blocks which came from a local quarry, it is formed by three superimposed bodies, a plinth and two upper floors where there are two high relief figures and an inscription which cannot be read due to the deterioration; These high relief figures were wrongly attributed to the Escipion?s brothers, founders of the Roman Tarraco. In fact they are two relief figures of the God Atis, a funeral god.
    atarraco06210.jpg
  • The Scipio?s Tower (detail of relief); First Century AD; Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; built with big stone blocks which came from a local quarry, it is formed by three superimposed bodies, a plinth and two upper floors where there are two high relief figures and an inscription which cannot be read due to the deterioration; These high relief figures were wrongly attributed to the Escipion?s brothers, founders of the Roman Tarraco. In fact they are two relief figures of the God Atis, a funeral god.
    atarraco06213.jpg
  • The Scipio?s Tower (detail of relief); First Century AD; Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; built with big stone blocks which came from a local quarry, it is formed by three superimposed bodies, a plinth and two upper floors where there are two high relief figures and an inscription which cannot be read due to the deterioration; These high relief figures were wrongly attributed to the Escipion?s brothers, founders of the Roman Tarraco. In fact they are two relief figures of the God Atis, a funeral god.
    atarraco06211.jpg
  • The Scipio?s Tower (detail of relief); First Century AD; Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; built with big stone blocks which came from a local quarry, it is formed by three superimposed bodies, a plinth and two upper floors where there are two high relief figures and an inscription which cannot be read due to the deterioration; These high relief figures were wrongly attributed to the Escipion?s brothers, founders of the Roman Tarraco. In fact they are two relief figures of the God Atis, a funeral god.
    atarraco06212.jpg
  • Bera?s Arch, Triumphal arch monument, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; An inscription explains that it was built in memory of the funeral Luci Lucini Sura in the I Century AD but recent researches say that it is from the I Century BC, when the Via Augusta was reformed; Corinth fluted pilasters hold the entablature on each side of the arcade.
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  • Bera?s Arch, Triumphal arch monument, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; An inscription explains that it was built in memory of the funeral Luci Lucini Sura in the I Century AD but recent researches say that it is from the I Century BC, when the Via Augusta was reformed; Corinth fluted pilasters hold the entablature on each side of the arcade.
    atarraco06216.jpg
  • Bera?s Arch, Triumphal arch monument, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; An inscription explains that it was built in memory of the funeral Luci Lucini Sura in the I Century AD but recent researches say that it is from the I Century BC, when the Via Augusta was reformed; Corinth fluted pilasters hold the entablature on each side of the arcade.
    atarraco06215.jpg
  • Bera?s Arch, Triumphal arch monument, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; An inscription explains that it was built in memory of the funeral Luci Lucini Sura in the I Century AD but recent researches say that it is from the I Century BC, when the Via Augusta was reformed; Corinth fluted pilasters hold the entablature on each side of the arcade.
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  • Bera?s Arch, Triumphal arch monument, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; An inscription explains that it was built in memory of the funeral Luci Lucini Sura in the I Century AD but recent researches say that it is from the I Century BC, when the Via Augusta was reformed; Corinth fluted pilasters hold the entablature on each side of the arcade.
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  • Bera?s Arch, Triumphal arch monument, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; An inscription explains that it was built in memory of the funeral Luci Lucini Sura in the I Century AD but recent researches say that it is from the I Century BC, when the Via Augusta was reformed; Corinth fluted pilasters hold the entablature on each side of the arcade.
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  • Bera?s Arch, Triumphal arch monument, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; An inscription explains that it was built in memory of the funeral Luci Lucini Sura in the I Century AD but recent researches say that it is from the I Century BC, when the Via Augusta was reformed; Corinth fluted pilasters hold the entablature on each side of the arcade.
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  • The Quarry of El Mèdol; Roman, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; The most spectacular one, near the ancient Via Augusta, nine km north of Tarragona; The impressive stone needle in the centre is a memorial to the labours undertaken on this site.
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  • The Quarry of El Mèdol; Roman, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; The most spectacular one, near the ancient Via Augusta, nine km north of Tarragona; The impressive stone needle in the centre is a memorial to the labours undertaken on this site.
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  • The Quarry of El Mèdol; Roman, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; The most spectacular one, near the ancient Via Augusta, nine km north of Tarragona; The impressive stone needle in the centre is a memorial to the labours undertaken on this site.
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  • The Quarry of El Mèdol; Roman, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; The most spectacular one, near the ancient Via Augusta, nine km north of Tarragona; The impressive stone needle in the centre is a memorial to the labours undertaken on this site.
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  • The Quarry of El Mèdol; Roman, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; The most spectacular one, near the ancient Via Augusta, nine km north of Tarragona; The impressive stone needle in the centre is a memorial to the labours undertaken on this site.
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  • Entrance; Villa of El Munts; I Century AD, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; one of the largest built on a hill overlooking the coast, only 12 km from Tarragona (Tarraco).
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  • Water Reservoir; Villa of El Munts; I Century AD, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; one of the largest built on a hill overlooking the coast, only 12 km from Tarragona (Tarraco).
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  • Water Reservoir; Villa of El Munts; I Century AD, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; one of the largest built on a hill overlooking the coast, only 12 km from Tarragona (Tarraco).
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  • Water Reservoir; Villa of El Munts; I Century AD, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; one of the largest built on a hill overlooking the coast, only 12 km from Tarragona (Tarraco).
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  • Water Reservoir; Villa of El Munts; I Century AD, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; one of the largest built on a hill overlooking the coast, only 12 km from Tarragona (Tarraco).
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  • The Frigidarium; Villa of El Munts; I Century AD, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; one of the largest built on a hill overlooking the coast, only 12 km from Tarragona (Tarraco).
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  • The Frigidarium; Villa of El Munts; I Century AD, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; one of the largest built on a hill overlooking the coast, only 12 km from Tarragona (Tarraco).
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  • The Cistern; Villa of El Munts; I Century AD, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; one of the largest built on a hill overlooking the coast, only 12 km from Tarragona (Tarraco).
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  • The Cistern; Villa of El Munts; I Century AD, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; one of the largest built on a hill overlooking the coast, only 12 km from Tarragona (Tarraco).
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  • The Cistern; Villa of El Munts; I Century AD, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; one of the largest built on a hill overlooking the coast, only 12 km from Tarragona (Tarraco).
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  • The Cistern; Villa of El Munts; I Century AD, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; one of the largest built on a hill overlooking the coast, only 12 km from Tarragona (Tarraco).
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  • The Thermal Baths; Villa of El Munts; Between First and middle of Second Century AD, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; one of the largest built on a hill overlooking the coast, only 12 km from Tarragona (Tarraco).
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  • The Thermal Baths; Villa of El Munts; Between First and middle of Second Century AD, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; one of the largest built on a hill overlooking the coast, only 12 km from Tarragona (Tarraco). © Manuel Cohen
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  • The Thermal Baths; Villa of El Munts; Between First and middle of Second Century AD, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; one of the largest built on a hill overlooking the coast, only 12 km from Tarragona (Tarraco). © Manuel Cohen
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