Roman Buildings in Barcelona
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The Romans founded early Barcelona to protect their trade route to the south of Spain.
Augustus founded the city –Colonia Iulia Augusta Faventia Paterna Barcino– or Barcino as it was commonly known and Claudius strngthened abd extended the city walls and towers.
These impressive monuments can still be seen and you walk around their original route taking in the massive ramparts and towers still visible by the Cathedral, at the old Sea gate and along a street by the Vía Laietana.
The city was founded on a low hillock, Mons Taber, the site of the present Plaça Sant Jaume and seat of the Catalan Government and City Hall. Just up a narrow street by Can Conesa, by far the best sandwich bar in the city centre (and tiny!) you’ll see the remaining four of the original 16 columns of the Temple of Augustus. Just the other side of the Generalitat you can admire the mosaics in a recently discovered Roman Domus or villa. The nearby Museu d’Història de Barcelona allows you to walk around the old Roman streets, winery and factories underneath the Plaça del Rei.
For more information and a free e-book on Roman Buildings in Barcelona see:
http://www.barcelona-tourist-information.info/roman-buildings-in-barcelona.html
Category: Monument and Historic Building
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