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| Rambla Nova |
| The Amfiteatre |
| Museu Romanitat,
Praetorium and Roman
Circus |
| Train Station |
| Museu
i Necropolis
Paleocristians |
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Above
photo - The Roman amphitheater also
contains the remains of a church from the
1100's A.D.
| Tarragona is
located on the Mediterranean and
is an active industrial port. It can
easily be reached from Barcelona
by train or bus.
Photo
Right -The view as one enters the
Praetorian
I had
read that the premier Roman attraction
in Tarragona is the Museu i
Necropolis Paleocristians.
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Photo
Above - Excavations at the Museu i
Necropolis Paleocristians.
The book
indicated the museum is only a
twenty-minute walk from the
center of town, so off we headed.
After about 30 minutes, we reach
the entrance to the museum
grounds; taking a ramp downward,
we find our path is blocked by a
gate. Almost by accident, we
notice a door in the wall. Pushing on it, we discover a
small museum under the sidewalk.
We soon learn that due to a lack of
funds, the excavations that are
the heart of the museum have been
closed to the visitor for several
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Running
into the unexpected
often leaves one with a
travel memory to treasure.
I had not
planned our time in
Tarragona well. I wanted
to get some photos of the
old city wall, but it was
already getting dark.
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Walking
in the wall's general direction
we see fewer and fewer
natives in the street. Then
turning a corner, we spy a young
gentlemen on stilts, hanging onto a traffic sign. My companion
and I wait, thinking we'll soon be
treated to a display of stilt
walking. I take out my
camera and snap the photo above.
Minutes go by and we decide we'd
better be moving on. As the young
man starts to fade from view, I
take one quick glance back. Still
motionless, he clings to the sign.
Later I wonder to myself, "How
does one get off stilts that
high?"
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