Editing Tarragona (section)

===Ancient remains===
[[File:Amphithéâtre de Tarragona.jpg|thumb|Amphitheatre of Tarragona and the Mediterranean Sea]]

The Roman ruins of Tarraco have been designated a [[World Heritage Site]] by [[UNESCO]].

Part of the bases of large [[Cyclopean masonry|Cyclopean]] walls near the Cuartel de Pilatos are thought to pre-date the Romans. The building just mentioned, a prison in the 19th century, is said to have been the palace of Augustus. The second century [[Tarragona Amphitheatre]] near the seashore was extensively used as a quarry after the fall of the [[Western Roman Empire]], and but few vestiges of it now remain. A circus c. {{cvt|450|m}} long, was built over in the area now called ''Plaça de la Font'', though portions of it are still to be traced. Throughout the town [[Latin]], and even apparently [[Phoenician language|Phoenician]], inscriptions on the stones of the houses mark the material used for buildings in the town.

Two ancient monuments, at some little distance from the town, have, however, fared rather better. The first of these is [[Les Ferreres Aqueduct]], which spans a valley about {{cvt|4|km|0|abbr=off}} north of the city. It is {{cvt|217|m|0}} in length, and the loftiest arches, of which there are two tiers, are {{cvt|26|m|0}} high. There is a monument about {{cvt|6|km|0}} along the coast road east of the city, commonly called the "Tower of the Scipios"; but there is no authority for assuming that they were buried here.<ref>(''Cf.'' Ford, ''Handbook'', p. 219, ''seq''.; Florez, ''Esp. Sagr.'' xxix. p. 68, ''seq.''; Miñano, ''Diccion.'' viii. p. 398.)
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Other Roman buildings include:
*[[Wall of Tarragona|The Roman walls]]
*The capitol, or citadel
*The Amphitheatre
*The Roman circus
*The Pretorium – Tower
*The [[Provincial forum of Tarraco|Provincial]] and [[Colonial forum of Tarraco|Colonial fora]]
*The Necropolis 
*The palace of Augustus, called the house of Pilate
*The so-called tower, or sepulchre, of the Scipios
*Arch of Sura, or of Bara
*The Aurelian Way.

The city is also home to the [[National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona]].