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| "Roman Prethorium" Its construction goes back to century I, and one long gallery gives access to the vaults of the circus, enclosure of 360 meters in length by 110 of width. Pretorio, also call palace of Augusto, continued being residence of the princes of Tarragona and kings of Aragón during the Average Age, when Palau of the King was denominated to him assumes that in this place Poncio Pilatos was born, son of the then pretor of the Tarraconensis. At the moment d´Historia of Tarragona lodges the Museu, that reunites Roman and medieval findings. Between exposed works it emphasizes sarcófago Roman of Hipólito, of century II. |
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The Roman Tarragona - Restos Romanos
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The Roman Tarragona - Murallas
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 The Roman Tarragona - Murallas
Located opposite of Pretorio, this museum contains but the valuable collection of Roman objects of Catalonia. In the cellar the gigantic stones of the Roman wall are visible. The museum contains inscriptions, sarcófagos, bas-relief, statues, mosaics, ceramics, pieces of glass and orfebrería, utensils of bone and bronze and sculptures. It emphasizes by his beauty the mosaic that represents the head of Medusa.
"Passeig Arqueologic"
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 The Roman Tarragona - Acueducto
"Roman Necrópolis and Paleocristiano Museum"
In the part the west of the city is the cemetery Roman-Christian of the centuries III and IV, in which were multitude of objects and beautiful mosaics. In the museum pieces found in necrópolis can be seen, sarcófagos, tombs and mosaics.
"Aqueduct"
One is to the entrance of the city and its construction goes back to century II. It has a length of 217 meters and 30 meters of height. |
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