Tarragona

Tarragona is a city located in the south of Catalonia, Spain, by the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital of the Spanish province of the same name. As of the 2003 census, the city had a population of 121,076, and the population of the entire urban area was estimated to be 348,921.

In Roman times, the city was named Tarraco and was capital of the province of Hispania Tarraconensis.

Tarragona is home to one of the most important maritime ports in Spain. Tarragona is also home of important universities, such as the Universitat Rovira i Virgili.

Tarragona touristic attractions include the Museum of Archeology and the archaeological ensemble of Tarraco, which has been designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. It is also situated close to the nearby holiday resort of Salou and the Universal Studios theme park Port Aventura, one of the largest in Europe.

Tarragona is part of that privileged group of cities that has converted its historical heritage into a symbol of identity. The inclusion of the city’s Roman monuments in UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites is therefore an important legacy for which we have to thank our ancestors. Roman Tarraco was a multi-cultural city, open to the Mediterranean and the Roman world, to which, even in those times, it exported its image. Anneu Florus, one of the best-known Latin poets, described it in the following words: ” of all the cities one can choose to rest in, this is the most agreeable the people are honest, frugal, and although they have a certain reserve towards the stranger, they are naturally hospitable. The climate merges and confuses the seasons in a unique manner and the whole year seems an eternal spring. The land, fertile on the plains and hills, does not lament a tardy autumn”. Analysing these words, we can see how modern Tarragona is not so very different from the place described by that eloquent poet.

Some of monuments in Tarragona: The Amphitheatre, The Mèdol, The roman circus, The provincial forum, The colonial forum, The roman Aqueduct, The walls, Castellarnau house.

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Tarragona is a province of eastern Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Catalonia. It is bordered by the provinces of Castelló (Spanish: Castellón), Teruel, Saragossa (Spanish: Zaragoza), Lleida (Spanish: Lérida), Barcelona, and the Mediterranean Sea.

The province’s population is 631,156 (2002), of whom about one-fifth live in the capital Tarragona. Some cities and towns in Tarragona province include Constantí, Reus, Falset, El Vendrell, Tortosa, Amposta. See also List of communities in Tarragona and Comarques of Catalonia.