Tarragona in Catalonia
Tuesday, 23 June 2015 - 02:58 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union General , UNESCO World Heritage
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Tarragona is a city located in the south of
Catalonia on the north-east of Spain, by the Mediterranean. It is the capital of the Spanish
province of the same name and the capital of the Catalan comarca
Tarragonès . In the medieval and modern times it was the capital of the
Vegueria of Tarragona . Today, the city had a population of 135,000.
Part of the bases of large Cyclopean walls near the Cuartel de Pilatos are thought to pre-date the Romans. The building just mentioned, a prison in the 19th century, is said to have been the palace of Augustus. The 2nd century amphitheatre, near the sea-shore, was extensively used as a quarry after the fall of the Western Roman Empire , and but few vestiges of it now remain. A circus, c. 450 m long, was built over in the area now called Plaça de la Font, though portions of it are still to be traced. Throughout the town Latin , and even apparently Phoenician , inscriptions on the stones of the houses mark the material used for buildings in the town.Aqüeducte de les Ferreres , which spans a valley about 4 km north of the city. It is 217 m (711.94 ft) in length, and the loftiest arches, of which there are two tiers, are 26 m (85.30 ft) high. There is a monument about 6 km along the coast road east of the city, commonly called the “Tower of the Scipios”; but there is no authority for assuming that they were buried here.
Circo Romano © Year of the Dragon
Tarragona is home to a large port and the
Universitat Rovira i Virgili . Much of its economic activity comes from a large number of chemical industries located in the city or in surrounding areas.
The main living heritage is the Popular Retinue, a great parade of dances, bestiary and spoken dances- and the human towers. They specially participate in
Santa Tecla Festival . They are so popular in Tarragona and also in all Catalonia that they have got their own home. It is called “Casa de la Festa”, Festivities House, where you can visit them all the year.
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