🏛️ Tarraco-Ilerda
Roman settlement remains in Catalonia
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain (41.134°N, 1.229°E)
- Roman period: 1st century BCE onwards
- Status: Archaeological site with visible remains and museum collections
- UNESCO recognition: Part of Tarragona's Roman heritage sites
Tarraco-Ilerda refers to the Roman settlement at present-day Tarragona, one of the Iberian Peninsula's major Roman cities. Founded as Tarraco in the 1st century BCE, the settlement served as a military base during the Lusitanian Wars and later became a thriving provincial city under the Roman Empire. Archaeological evidence spans centuries of occupation and reveals substantial infrastructure, commercial activity, and administrative significance within the province of Hispania Tarraconensis ...