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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
  • 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).
    atarraco06255.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.
    atarraco06226.jpg
  • 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.
    atarraco06239.jpg
  • Colonial Forum, III and II Century BC, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; The ruins actually consist of an arcaded square, a row of tabernae, and, in the centre the curia or Aedes Augusti (Room of a roman basilica used as a tribunal of justice with the statue of the Emperor).
    atarraco06173.jpg
  • 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
    atarraco06259.jpg
  • Colonial Forum, III and II Century BC, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; The ruins actually consist of an arcaded square, a row of tabernae, and, in the centre the curia or Aedes Augusti (Room of a roman basilica used as a tribunal of justice with the statue of the Emperor).
    atarraco06175.jpg
  • 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).
    atarraco06254.jpg
  • 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).
    atarraco06248.jpg
  • Colonial Forum, III and II Century BC, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; The ruins actually consist of an arcaded square, a row of tabernae, and, in the centre the curia or Aedes Augusti (Room of a roman basilica used as a tribunal of justice with the statue of the Emperor).
    atarraco06169.jpg
  • Roman Amphitheatre ; Second century AD ; Remodelled by Heliogabalus at the beginning of III century AD ; In 259 AD it witnessed the first local Christians martyrs? executions, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain
    atarraco06163.jpg
  • Roman Amphitheatre ; Second century AD ; Remodelled by Heliogabalus at the beginning of III century AD ; In 259 AD it witnessed the first local Christians martyrs? executions, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain
    atarraco06162.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
  • 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 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.
    atarraco06243.jpg
  • 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). © Manuel Cohen
    atarraco06263.jpg
  • Furnace; 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). © Manuel Cohen
    atarraco06260.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.
    atarraco06233.jpg
  • 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).
    atarraco06250.jpg
  • The Garden; 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).
    atarraco06176.jpg
  • 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).
    atarraco06257.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
  • Colonial Forum, III and II Century BC, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; The ruins actually consist of an arcaded square, a row of tabernae, and, in the centre the curia or Aedes Augusti (Room of a roman basilica used as a tribunal of justice with the statue of the Emperor).
    atarraco06172.jpg
  • 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).
    atarraco06166.jpg
  • Roman Amphitheatre ; Second century AD ; Remodelled by Heliogabalus at the beginning of III century AD ; In 259 AD it witnessed the first local Christians martyrs? executions, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain
    atarraco06160.jpg
  • The Rooms; 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). © Manuel Cohen
    atarraco06264.jpg
  • 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).
    atarraco06251.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.
    atarraco06221.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.
    atarraco06220.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
  • Roman Amphitheatre ; Second century AD ; Remodelled by Heliogabalus at the beginning of III century AD ; In 259 AD it witnessed the first local Christians martyrs? executions, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain
    atarraco06159.jpg
  • 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.
    atarraco06241.jpg
  • The Garden; 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).
    atarraco06218.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 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).
    atarraco06170.jpg
  • 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).
    atarraco06249.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 ?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 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
  • Ruins of the Visigothic Basilica raised after 259 AD, becoming later a Romanesque church; Roman Amphitheatre ; Second century AD ; Remodelled by Heliogabalus at the beginning of III century AD ; In 259 AD it witnessed the first local Christians martyrs? executions, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain
    atarraco06165.jpg
  • 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).
    atarraco06252.jpg
  • 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.
    atarraco06242.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 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.
    atarraco06202.jpg
  • Relief; columns and capitals in the distance, Colonial Forum; III and II Century BC, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain
    atarraco06171.jpg
  • Roman Amphitheatre ; Second century AD ; Remodelled by Heliogabalus at the beginning of III century AD ; In 259 AD it witnessed the first local Christians martyrs? executions, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain
    atarraco06168.jpg
  • View over Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, with the Catedral Basilica de Tarragona in Romanesque and Gothic style (top), the Parc del Miracle, Roman circus (left), the Torre del Pretorio Romana, originally part of the provincial forum of Hispania Citerior (centre) and the National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona (right). The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_SPAIN_MC_0392.jpg
  • 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).
    atarraco06256.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.
    atarraco06229.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
  • Colonial Forum, III and II Century BC, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain; The ruins actually consist of an arcaded square, a row of tabernae, and, in the centre the curia or Aedes Augusti (Room of a roman basilica used as a tribunal of justice with the statue of the Emperor).
    atarraco06174.jpg
  • Ruins of the Visigothic Basilica raised after 259 AD, becoming later a Romanesque church; Roman Amphitheatre ; Second century AD ; Remodelled by Heliogabalus at the beginning of III century AD ; In 259 AD it witnessed the first local Christians martyrs? executions, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain
    atarraco06164.jpg
  • Roman Amphitheatre ; Second century AD ; Remodelled by Heliogabalus at the beginning of III century AD ; In 259 AD it witnessed the first local Christians martyrs? executions, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain
    atarraco06161.jpg
  • 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.
    atarraco06240.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.
    atarraco06223.jpg
  • Roman Amphitheatre ; Second century AD ; Remodelled by Heliogabalus at the beginning of III century AD ; In 259 AD it witnessed the first local Christians martyrs? executions, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain
    atarraco06167.jpg
  • 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).
    atarraco06253.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.
    atarraco06219.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
  • Roman Amphitheatre ; Second century AD ; Remodelled by Heliogabalus at the beginning of III century AD ; In 259 AD it witnessed the first local Christians martyrs? executions, Tarragona (Tarraco, Hispania Citerior), Catalonia, Spain
    atarraco06158.jpg
  • View over Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, with the Catedral Basilica de Tarragona in Romanesque and Gothic style (top), the Parc del Miracle, Roman circus (left), the Torre del Pretorio Romana, originally part of the provincial forum of Hispania Citerior (centre) and the National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona (right). The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_SPAIN_MC_0386.jpg
  • Torre del Pretorio Romana, originally part of the provincial forum of Hispania Citerior, and the National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona (right), in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_SPAIN_MC_0382.jpg
  • View over Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, with the Catedral Basilica de Tarragona in Romanesque and Gothic style and the Torre del Pretorio Romana, originally part of the provincial forum of Hispania Citerior (right). The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_SPAIN_MC_0440.jpg
  • The Caldarium; 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). © Manuel Cohen
    atarraco06261.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
  • 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
    atarraco06258.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.
    atarraco06217.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.
    atarraco06214.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
  • Torre del Pretorio Romana, originally part of the provincial forum of Hispania Citerior, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The tower is seen from the circus, where horse and chariot races were held, connected to it by underground passages dating to 1st century BC. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_SPAIN_MC_0436.jpg
  • Torre del Pretorio Romana, originally part of the provincial forum of Hispania Citerior, and the National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona (right), in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_SPAIN_MC_0391.jpg
  • View over Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, with the Catedral Basilica de Tarragona in Romanesque and Gothic style (centre) and the Torre del Pretorio Romana, originally part of the provincial forum of Hispania Citerior (right). The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_SPAIN_MC_0442.jpg
  • Roman circus, where horse and chariot races were held, 1st century BC, connected by underground passages to the Torre del Pretorio Romana, originally part of the provincial forum of Hispania Citerior, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_SPAIN_MC_0387.jpg
  • Torre del Pretorio Romana, originally part of the provincial forum of Hispania Citerior, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The tower is connected to the circus, where horse and chariot races were held, by underground passages dating to 1st century BC. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_SPAIN_MC_0435.jpg
  • Catedral Basilica de Tarragona, begun 1154, in Romanesque and Gothic style, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. On the right is the Torre del Pretorio Romana, originally part of the provincial forum of Hispania Citerior. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait head of prince Nero Julius Caesar, Roman, marble, 23-41 AD, part of a gallery of portraits of the Julio-Claudian family in the Tarraco Colonial Forum, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. Nero Julius Caesar was the son of Germanicus and Agrippina, brother of Caligula and nephew of Claudius. In 23 AD Tiberius named him his heir, along with his brother Drusus, but shortly afterwards they both fell into disgrace. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Peacock, symbol of immortality and of the godess Juno, Roman fresco fragment, 1st - 3rd century AD, from the wall of a patio containing the lararium of a luxurius house near the port, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Emperor Caesar Augustus, 63BC -14AD, outside the National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of Apollo, god of sun and light, protector of music, poetry and the arts, 25-50 AD, marble bust, copy of an original Greek sculpture from 4th century BC, from the area of the Tarraco Colonial Forum, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of Emperor Claudius, 10 BC - 54 AD, Roman, marble, 1st century AD, from the schola of the Tarraco Collegium Fabrum, the seat of the corporation of building workers, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. This portrait is idealised, and was carved shortly after his ascent to the throne in 41 AD. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aequitas, goddess of justice, equality and symbol of honest measure, Roman, bronze sculpture filled with lead, 2nd century AD, used as an aequipodium or counterweight from a set of scales found in the port area of Tarraco, where it would have been used to weigh the merchandise entering or leaving the city, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The female divinity Aequitas represents Equity, the goddess of fair trade and honest merchants. It was made using the lost wax process. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman statue of a female member of the Julian-Claudian family, mid 2nd century AD, part of the gallery of statues in a public area of the Tarraco Colonial Forum, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Torre dels Escipions, or Scipio's Tower, a Roman funerary tower built 1st century AD, on the Via Augusta outside Tarragona, in Catalonia, Spain. The tower is 3 storeys high and has 2 reliefs of the Phrygian god Attis. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hunting scene with dog chasing deer, Roman fresco fragment, 2nd – 3rd century AD, from the southern wall of a corridor in a luxurious house near the port, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. It is thought the fresco was painted by a local artist. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Official portrait head of Marcus Aurelius, 121-180 AD, as a young man, Roman, marble, 2nd century AD, from the Tarraco Colonial Forum, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. This portrait dates to when he was heir to the Empire, replaced only when he took the throne on the death of Antoninus Pius. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Silenus, companion of the Dionysus the god of wine, with a crown of ivy, vine leaves and grapes, detail from a monumental crater or krater, a wine vase, Roman, 2nd century AD, part of the furniture in the Tarraco Colonial Forum, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Peacock, symbol of immortality and of the godess Juno, detail, Roman fresco fragment, 1st - 3rd century AD, from the wall of a patio containing the lararium of a luxurius house near the port, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aqueducte de les Ferreres or Tarragona aqueduct, built 1st century AD under Emperor Augustus, to supply drinking water to Tarraco from the Francoli river 15km away, near Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The aqueduct is built in opus quadratum style with a double row of arches. Tarragona was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aqueducte de les Ferreres or Tarragona aqueduct, built 1st century AD under Emperor Augustus, to supply drinking water to Tarraco from the Francoli river 15km away, near Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The aqueduct is built in opus quadratum style with a double row of arches. Tarragona was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Torre dels Escipions, or Scipio's Tower, a Roman funerary tower built 1st century AD, on the Via Augusta outside Tarragona, in Catalonia, Spain. The tower is 3 storeys high and has 2 reliefs of the Phrygian god Attis. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marble plaque with inscription from the pedestal of the silver statue dedicated to the Genius of the Colonia (the city’s protector divinity and its personification), Roman, 2nd century AD, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The inscription reads, Lucius Minicius Apronianus, a duumvir quinquennal, provided in his will for a silver statue weighing 15 pounds, 2 ounces, to be dedicated to the Genius of the Colonia Iulia Urbs Triumphalis Tarraco. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Official portrait head of Marcus Aurelius, 121-180 AD, as a young man, Roman, marble, 2nd century AD, from the Tarraco Colonial Forum, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. This portrait dates to when he was heir to the Empire, replaced only when he took the throne on the death of Antoninus Pius. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Armoured statue of Antinous, used to represent an emperor from Tarraco, part of the decoration of the scaenae frons in the amphitheatre of Tarraco, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait head of a Julian Claudian prince, possibly Drusus Germanicus or Britnicusson of Claudius, Roman, marble, early 1st century AD, part of the decoration in the Tarraco amphitheatre, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marble font from a fountain replicating a nymphaeum, Roman, early 2nd century AD, from the peristyle or garden of a house, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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