TARRACO

Montse Belchi

Natalia Tena

Iulia Dan

Introduction

• The size and beauty of TARRAGONA, a splendid millenary city

• One of the city's most magnificent beaches can be seen

• Tarragona was the point of departure for Romanization and Christianization of the Iberian Peninsula

The Devil’s Bridge

• It carried the water of the River Francoli to the city

• It was built with big stones

• It is very well preserved

Roman Walls

• Tarragona is built between the Roman Walls

• The Roman Wall, was built in the III century B.C.

• The original Roman Wall structure has been modified

Roman Circus Of Tarraco

• Placed in la Rambla Vella

• The Circus occupied what today is the "Plaça de la Font"

• Nowadays there are buildings built on the circus

The Paleochristian Museum

• We can see different kinds of burials

• The Lion's Sarcophagus

• Isaac's Sacrifice • Saint Peter's one • Saint Paul's

sarcophagus

The Scipio’s Tower

• It was built in the I century with big stone blocks

• It is formed by three superimposed bodies

• They are two relief figures of the God Atis, a funeral god.