Colonia Iulia Urbs Triumphalis Tarraco

Roman · Spain

Field notes

civilizations

Roman

types

Port · City

occupied

218 BCE — 700 CE

country

Spain

The site

Tarraco, formally Colonia Iulia Urbs Triumphalis Tarraco, was a Roman port city on the coast of what is now Spain, occupied from about 218 BCE into the early centuries CE. As a provincial capital it grew into one of the leading Roman cities of the Iberian Peninsula. Its surviving walls, forums and public buildings earned Tarraco its place on the UNESCO World Heritage list.

Nearby sites

~192 km

Empúries

~255 km

Naveta d'Es Tudons

~318 km

Numantia

~395 km

Amphitheater of Nîmes