Tarragona | Tarraco | Spain

Iberian history; capital of the Roman province Hispania Tarraconensis; on the Mediterranean sea and the Via Augusta; the amphitheater is well-preserved and the theater and circus still partly visible

Pleiades Gazetteer:  246349 

UNESCO: Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco

Landmarks

amphitheater

circus

provincial forum

upper sanctuary

colonial forum

theater

Tarragona Archaeological Museum | Museu Nacional Arquelògic de Tarragona

Major museum with finds from the city and the region; while the main building  is under renovation, collection highlights are displayed in an historic warehouse at the port

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museum building under renovation

interim musuem building: Tinglado 4

reconstructed view of the Via Augusta, amphitheater, circus, provincial forum, and upper sanctuary

map of the Via Augusta

milestone

ivory doll from a tomb

Medusa mosaic

fresco depicting Nemesis, a male figure, a hunter, and a bear, from the ampitheater

Mural painting, Tarraco amphitheatre. Tarragona by Global Digital Heritage on Sketchfab

togate statue from the theater, with purple paint surviving in the folds

Monumental togaed statue, Tarraco, Tarragona, Sp by Global Digital Heritage on Sketchfab

statue of a woman from the colonial forum

Female statue Tarraco (Tarragona, Spain) by Global Digital Heritage on Sketchfab

fragment of a shield with Jupiter Ammon from a portico in the upper sanctuary

Clipeus, Tarraco (Tarragona, Spain) by Global Digital Heritage on Sketchfab

fresco depicting a peacock, from a house near Tarragona's port

Mural paintig, Tarraco (Tarragona, Spain) by Global Digital Heritage on Sketchfab

portrait of Antinous from the Villa Els Munts, near Tarragona

Antinous statue from Els Munts (Tarragona, Spain by Global Digital Heritage on Sketchfab

Aesculapius, god of medicine, Els Munts, Spain by Global Digital Heritage on Sketchfab

Eros, Els Munts (Tarragona, Spain) by Global Digital Heritage on Sketchfab

Hygeia, Els Munts (Tarragona, Spain) by Global Digital Heritage on Sketchfab

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