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  • Early christian necropolis, dating from the late Roman period, probably after Bishop Fructuosus and his deacons Augurius and Eulogius were burnt in the amphitheatre in 259 AD, and used until 5th century, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.  The cemetery was discovered in 1925 and over 2,000 tombs excavated. Behind is the museum building of the paleochristian necropolis, part of the National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona. 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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
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  • Statue of Emperor Caesar Augustus, 63BC -14AD, outside the National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona, looking out over the Mediterranean Sea, 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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  • 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
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  • Seated marble statuette of Ceres, Roman goddess of agriculture, harvests and fertility, holding a cornucopia, mid 2nd century AD, from the Villa of Ceres, 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 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Ivory doll with articulated arms and legs, Roman, 3rd - 4th century AD, from the sarcophagus of a young girl in the Early Christian Necropolis of Tarraco, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The doll formed part of the grave goods of the girl, who died at the age of 5 or 6. Gold thread was found next to the doll, confirming that it was dressed in clothes. 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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  • Sculpture of Emperor Lucius Verus, 161-169 AD, co-regent with Marcus Aurelius, marble, 2nd century AD, found in the Tarraco Colonial Forum, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. This was the official idealised image of the emperor distributed throughout the Empire, carved in a local workshop based on a prototype created in Rome by an official sculptor. 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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  • 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), detail, 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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  • 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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  • Jupiter Ammon, an Egyptian divinity popular during the time of Augustus, fragment of a clipeus, a large defensive shield, Roman, 1st century AD, part of the decoration of the portico of the Tarraco workshop area, 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 goddess Minerva as patron of artisans, wearing a Corinthian helmet, Roman, marble, 2nd century AD, copy of a Greek prototype, part of the decoration of 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. 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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  • Asclepius, god of medicine, Roman marble statue, mid 2nd century AD, part of the decoration of the frigidarium nymphaeum in the bath at the Roman villa of Els Munts, 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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  • Posthumous portrait head of Emperor Tiberius, 42 BC - 37 AD, wearing the civic crown, Roman, marble, 1st century AD, part of a gallery of portraits of the Julian-Claudian family in the Tarraco Colonial Forum, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The sculpture was damaged and repaired in ancient times. 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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  • 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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  • Official portrait head of Emperor Hadrian, 76-138 AD, Roman, marble, 130 AD, sculpted in a Tarraco workshop, part of a gallery of illustrious figures in a public space in Tarraco, discovered near the 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Mnemosyne, goddess of memory and mother of the 9 Muses, Roman mosaic medallion, late 2nd century AD, 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Head of Medusa, detail, central section from a Roman floor mosaic, late 2nd – early 3rd century AD, Severian period, in marble, limestone, glass paste and sigillata pottery, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. This is the finest of all the mosaics found in Tarraco, from a house in the port area. 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 Medusa, central section from a Roman floor mosaic, late 2nd – early 3rd century AD, Severian period, in marble, limestone, glass paste and sigillata pottery, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. This is the finest of all the mosaics found in Tarraco, from a house in the port area. 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 Livia, 58 BC - 29 AD, 3rd wife of Augustus, marble, early 1st century AD, 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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  • Venus, Roman goddess of beauty and love, marble torso statue, mid 2nd century AD, probably from a small chapel in the cavea of 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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  • Statue of young Ethiopian slave holding a tray on which lamps and instruments for lighting them were placed, known as El Negret or Little Black Boy, Roman bronze sculpture, 1st – 2nd century AD, Early Imperial period, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The sculpture was made using the lost wax process and was found in a house in the port area of 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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  • 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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  • Anthropomorphic phallus, probably representing Priapus, a fertility god, marble, Roman, 1st - 2nd century AD, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The sculpture was probably made in a local workshop in Tarraco and is the only one of its kind known. 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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  • Hunting scene with dog chasing deer, detail, 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 Emperor Lucius Verus, 161-169 AD, co-regent with Marcus Aurelius, Roman, marble, 2nd century AD, found near the Tarraco Colonial Forum, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The idealised head was carved in a Tarraco workshop based on a prototype created in Rome by an official sculptor. 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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  • Goddess Nemesis accompanied by a genius with cornucopia and hunter with bow next to a bear, detail, Roman fresco fragment, from the wall of an underground shrine where gladiators and hunters would have prayed to the goddess before going into the arena, 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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  • Bronze sculpture of Romulus and Remus suckling the she-wolf, Roman, from 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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  • 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
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  • 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
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