Archaeological Ensemble of Tarraco

Overview

Tarraco (modern-day Tarragona) was a major administrative and mercantile city in Roman Spain and the centre of the Imperial cult for all the Iberian provinces. It was endowed with many fine buildings, and parts of these have been revealed in a series of exceptional excavations. Although most of the remains are fragmentary, many preserved beneath more recent buildings, they present a vivid picture of the grandeur of this Roman provincial capital.

Selection Criteria

(ii)(iii)

Components(14 locations)

• •The875-012
• •The875-013
• •Aqueduct875-009
• •The Circus875-004
• •Roman walls875-001
• •Médol Quary875-011
• •Provincial Forum875-003
• •The Roman Theatre875-006
• •The Colonial Forum875-005
• •Tower of the Scipios875-010
• •Paleochristian cemetery875-008
• •Triumphal Arch of Berá875-014
• •The imperial cult enclosure875-002
• •The Amphitheatre, basilica, and Romanesque church875-007

Details

Countries

Spain

ISO Codes

ES

Area

32.65 ha

Coordinates

41.1147, 1.2593