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Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco

Tárraco (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.

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The Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco (modern Tarragona) reflect the first and oldest Roman settlement on the Iberian Peninsula. It first served as a base for the conquest of the interior and then became a provincial capital.

The city has been built on three terraces, adapting to its environments, and included a Forum, Circus, Amphitheatre, villas and other public buildings.

Within Spain, comparisons can be made with Márida. However, Tárraco is believed to have had greater importance in the Roman Empire, as its first provincial capital. Its remains also illustrate the entire Roman period of the town, from the 3rd century BC to the end of the Roman rule. 

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