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Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona

Tarragona

The National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona building in Plaça del Rei.

The National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona building in Plaça del Rei.

The Archaeological Museum is currently closed for works. While reforming the headquarters of the museum in plaça del Rei, you can visit the Tarraco/MNAT synthesis exhibition, at Tinglado 4 of the port of Tarragona, where you will discover eight centuries of the history of Tarraco through a representative selection of the collection of thet MNAT.

 

The National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona is the oldest of its kind in Catalonia. The collection took shape in the first half of the 19th century, and has always been at the centre of the recovery and conservation of Tarragona’s archaeological heritage and that of the city’s hinterland.

Thanks to the historical and monumental importance of the Roman city of Tarraco, as the capital of Hispania Citerior, and the other archaeological sites in the region, the Museum possesses a wealth of archaeological material that evokes the Romanisation process of the Iberian peninsula.

While some of the pieces in the Museum formed part of collections from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, most of the material has been discovered in the last 150 years as a consequence of the construction of the modern port and, in recent years, of the extraordinary growth of the city itself.

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<p>View of the Palaeo-Christian necropolis of Tarragona, preserved&nbsp;<em>in situ</em>.</p>
Palaeo-Christian Necropolis an
Palaeo-Christian Necropolis and Museum
<p>View of the bathhouse of the Roman villa at Els Munts.</p>
Roman villa of Els Munts
Roman villa of Els Munts
<p>View of the present-day fa&ccedil;ade of the monumental building in Centcelles (Constant&iacute;).</p>
Centcelles
Centcelles
<p>View of the Ber&agrave; arch (Roda de Ber&agrave;).</p>
Arch of Berà
Arch of Berà
<p>View of the Scipios&rsquo; Tower.</p>
The Tower of the Scipios
The Tower of the Scipios
<p>View of the Roman theatre, showing the remains of the seating that have survived and part of <em>thescaenae frons</em>.</p>
Roman theatre
Roman theatre
<p>Image of the fa&ccedil;ade of Tinglado 4.</p>
Tinglado 4
Tinglado 4

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