Catalonia
Tarragona
Tarragona sits directly on top of Tarraco, the first major Roman base on the Iberian Peninsula and later a provincial capital. Its archaeology is unusually urban: circus vaults become medieval buildings, walls remain street boundaries, and a cathedral occupies the highest sacred precinct. This guide follows reuse, not ruins in isolation, and carries the story from Republican Rome to early Christianity.
Stories in Tarragona
- Roman Wall — The Republic Builds a Permanent Foothold
- Amphitheatre — Spectacle, Martyrdom and a Church Inside the Arena
- Praetorium and Circus — Roman Vaults That Refused to Disappear
- Colonial Forum — Local Government Below the Imperial Terraces
- Roman Theatre — Performance Near the Port
- Tarragona Cathedral — A Christian Centre on Rome’s Highest Terrace
- Les Ferreres Aqueduct — Gravity Does the Work
- Early Christian Necropolis — A City of the Dead Beside the Roads