1. Archaeological Promenade
Promenade along the Roman wall that runs on top of the fortifications of the modern period. It contains a museum space dedicated to the city at the turn of the 19th century.
Tarragona’s Archaeological Promenade is one of the best places in Catalonia to observe how much defensive strategies have transformed over the centuries. The pathway guides us along the Roman walls that still enclose Tarragona’s old town. The city walls have the honour of being both the oldest and the largest Roman monument in the Iberian Peninsula. The path beneath our feet, however, is built upon an Early Modern era expansion of the city’s defensive system known as the falsa braga (faussebraye).
During your walk you’ll have the chance to approach and observe a Roman wall that is more than two thousand years old, admire the views of the city and the Tarragona region from above, visit the small museum set inside the early modern defensive system, and enjoy the Roman and medieval architecture that sprouts from the city wall in the shape of constructions such as the Torre de l’Arquebisbe (Archbishop’s Tower) or the Torre de Minerva (Tower of Minerva).
The access to the Archaeological Promenade is located at Via de l’Imperi Romà, 13b.
This pathway follows the Roman wall along its north-western section. The path visitors tread on is built upon the early modern fortifications and bastions that were annexed to the city walls and acquired their modern configuration in the aftermath of the Napoleonic wars.
The oldest sections of the Roman wall itself date from around the latter part of the 3rd century BCE. Along the wall, one will easily notice that two distinct architectural styles were used here by the ancient Romans: the base of the wall is made out of large cyclopean boulders, while the rest is made out of squared stone blocks installed without the use of mortar. In addition to the original towers, more were added during the Medieval era, when the older towers were also renovated, and new gates constructed.
One of the most notable elements that can be seen from the Archaeological Promenade is the Torre de Minerva (Tower of Minerva), named after a relief of the goddess that was discovered in the tower. The small museum nested inside one of the early modern bastions is also of particular interest.
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Promenade along the Roman wall that runs on top of the fortifications of the modern period. It contains a museum space dedicated to the city at the turn of the 19th century.41.1186667 1.2549152
