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Tarragona is a city and municipality in Spain, in the province of Tarragona, and in the region of Tarragonés. During the glorious Roman Empire it was one of the main cities of Hispania and capital of the Roman province Hispania Citerior or Hispania Tarraconensis.
The municipality has a population of &&&&&&&&&& 0131507. &&&&& 0131 507 inhabitants (INE standard as of January 1, 2017). Its location on the shore of the Mediterranean on the Costa Dorada, with warm water beaches, as well as its recreational centers and historical tradition and artistic heritage, make it a center of tourist attraction of the first order. Its origin dates back to the ancient Roman Tarraco, capital of the Hispania Citerior Tarraconensis. The "Archaeological Ensemble of Tarraco" has made Tarragona considered a World Heritage Site by Unesco. In the summer of 2018 the Mediterranean Games were played in this city.

La Tarraconense (from Latin Hispania Citerior Tarraconensis) was a Roman province and later Visigoth of Hispania. Its capital was Colonia Iulia Urbs Triumphalis Tarraco, the current Tarragona, from which it took its name.
It was one of the largest provinces of the Roman Empire until the end of the third century when the reorganization of Diocletian broke the Carthaginia and Gallaecia from it. Despite its large size, except for the areas of the Mediterranean coast, it was quite unpopulated and had a lower degree of urbanization than the rest of the Hispanic territories.

The portal of San Antonio is one of the gates of the wall of Tarragona that are still preserved and the largest of them. The current door is not of Roman origin, but was built in Savinosa stone with marble applications in 1737 in the Baroque style.
On the semicircular arch, the shield of Felipe V is seen, flanked by lions. In the key of the arch, is the shield of Tarragona. On the sides there are two pilasters with Roman-style military trophies. Enrolled in the portal can be read:

THIS WORK HAS BEEN REIGNING ... MONA ... HE .... - AND - BEING GOVERNATOR UNTAILED SQUARE DON JUAN DE PRADO YEAR 1737.

The Metropolitan and Primacy Basilica Cathedral of Santa Tecla -commonly known as the Cathedral of Tarragona- is a cathedral built in the early Gothic style, existing in the city and province of Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. It is located in the highest part of Tarragona, on a place that was previously occupied by a temple dedicated to the Roman imperial cult (the temple of Augustus), a Visigothic cathedral and an Arab mosque.

According to Francesc Eiximenis, in the organization of a city and the position of its buildings, the cathedral corresponded to:

In its current state it corresponds to the transition period between the Romanesque and the Gothic.
On April 3, 1905 it was declared a National Monument.

The Rovira i Virgili University (URV) - in Catalan Universitat Rovira i Virgili - is a public university with centers in Tarragona, Reus, Vilaseca, Tortosa and Vendrell, which has teaching and research as its main objectives. It is named in memory of Antoni Rovira i Virgili.
It has been recognized as Campus of International Excellence Southern Catalonia (CEICS) by the Ministry of Education. Since 2013 it has had a Communication Unit for Science and Innovation (UCC + i) - called ComCiència- to communicate, disseminate and disseminate the scientific research generated by the university and the CEICS centers in order to improve and increase the training, culture and scientific knowledge of citizens.
The URV has been in the ranking 3 consecutive years (2015, 2016 and 2017) among the 500 best universities in the world according to the prestigious British publication The Times Higher Education (THE).

Tarraco (Tarragona) was an ancient Roman city. During the Roman Empire it was one of the main cities of Hispania and capital of the Roman province Hispania Citerior or Hispania Tarraconensis. The full name of the city was Colonia Iulia Urbs Triumphalis Tarraco. In 2000, the archaeological site of Tarraco was declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco.

The N-240 is a Spanish national road that connects Tarragona with Bilbao. Its approximate length is 550 kilometers. Born in Tarragona on the N-340 and goes to Valls (section parallel to the A-27 highway, already built) and Montblanch (A-27 parallel highway under construction), from where it runs parallel to the AP-2 until reaching Lleida In this city it intersects with N-II and with the N-230 in the center of Lleida and with the E-90 A-2 north of it. It continues its route until it reaches Huesca, where it meets the E-7A-23 N-330 road, with which it shares a route to Jaca, where the E-7 N-330 continues north and the N-240 continues westward. Formerly, the N-240 corresponded with the layout of the current A-132 road, leaving Huesca on the west to go to Ayerbe, Murillo de Gállego and the Pantano de la Peña, continuing towards Pamplona through the Port of Santa Bárbara. It disappears in the Community of Navarra, since after the construction of the Autovía del Pirineo (A-21), it has been renamed NA-2420 which reaches the town of Torres de Elorz and serves as a service route for said dual carriageway. There is only one subvariant of the national known as N-240-A that runs from the town of Berriozar to Irurzun; from the latter and throughout the western section of Navarra, it becomes the NA-2410 that serves as a service road for the Barranca Highway (A-10) to the town of Alsasua, where with the A-1 it shares the route until Vitoria, on the way to Bilbao, leading to the E-70 N-634, near Bilbao.
This national is being unfolded in different highways along its route:

A-27 Highway from Tarragona to Valls built and to Montblanch under construction (June 2017).
AP-2 Toll road from Montblanch to built Lleida.
A-22 Highway from Lleida to Huesca, built to Siétamo.
A-23 Highway from Huesca to Jaca, built to Arguis, another section just before Sabiñánigo and from Cartirana to Guasa.
A-21 Highway from Jaca to Noáin, built in sections between Asso-Veral and Escó, between Tiermas and Noáin
A-15 motorway of the Pamplona variant and AP-15 toll highway from Pamplona to Irurzun.
 Barranca highway from Irurzun to Alsasua.
A-1 from Alsasua to Vitoria.
N-240 from Vitoria to Legutiano. From Vitoria to Bilbao you can take the route through the N-622 motorway to Murguía and the E-804 AP-68 toll road, which runs a similar distance.

The Provincial Forum of Tarraco was a huge monumental complex (18 ha), consisting of two large arcaded squares that housed the main administrative, religious and cultural buildings of the city of Tarraco, capital of the Roman province Hispania Citerior Tarraconensis, in present-day Spain . It is one of the locations of the World Heritage Site «Tarraco archaeological site», specifically the one identified with the code 875-003 for the square of representation and 875-002 for the place of worship.

The Tarraco amphitheater is a Roman building built very close to the sea, behind the city wall of Tarraco, capital of the Roman province Hispania Citerior Tarraconensis. It is one of the locations of the World Heritage site called «Tarraco archaeological site», specifically with the code 875-007 (now Tarragona), in Spain.

The Roman Circus of Tarraco is a Roman building preserved in present-day Tarragona (Spain). It was built politically driven by the Concilium province and Hispaniae citerioris, annual meeting of the representatives of the Citerior province, and was located very close to the Tarraco Provincial Forum, within the walled enclosure on the lower terrace of the upper part of the city of Tarraco, Capital of the province Hispania Citerior Tarraconensis. It is one of the locations of the Unesco World Heritage Site called "Tarraco archaeological site", specifically identified with the code 875-004.

The wall of Tarragona is a military fence of Roman origin that surrounds the old town of the city of Tarragona, in the homonymous province, of the autonomous community of Catalonia, in Spain. It is one of the places on the World Heritage site called «Tarraco archaeological site», specifically the one with the code 875-001.

The Roman Theater of Tarraco is a Roman building located around the forum complex of the colony, in the city of Tarraco, capital of the Hispania Citerior Tarraconensis province, now Tarragona (Catalonia, Spain). It is one of the locations of the Unesco World Heritage site called «Tarraco Archaeological Ensemble», specifically the one that bears identification code 875-006.

Tarragona station is the main railway station in the Spanish city of Tarragona.
In 2010, its Long and Medium Distance services were used by about 2 million passengers. It also has high freight traffic due to its proximity to the port of Tarragona. For its part, High-speed trains as well as some Trenhotel do not run through it, but do so through the Camp de Tarragona station located about 10 km from the city.

The colonial Forum of Tarraco, capital of the Province of Hispania Citerior, is the space where the administrative and commercial affairs of the Roman city were developed. It is one of the locations of the World Heritage Site (Cairns, December 2, 2000) called Tarraco archaeological site, specifically identified with the code 875-005.
Declared Cultural Property of National Interest (BCIN) according to the Decree of March 26, 1954 (R-I-55-0068).

The bullring of Tarragona, today known as "Tarraco Arena Plaça", is a historic building of modernist style built by local architect Ramón Salas Ricomá and is considered one of the first samples of Modernism in the province of Tarragona. [ 1]
The property occupied its original use until 2006 when the reform initiated by the Diputación de Tarragona, owner of the building, made it impossible to continue holding bullfights in its interior, covered by the applicable legislation in Catalonia.
The inauguration of the bullring took place with the celebration of a bullfight from the cattle ranch of Antonio Hernández and Félix Gómez, who stole the right-handed Rafael Molina "Lagartijo" and Salvador Sánchez "Frascuelo".

The National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona (in Catalan, National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona, MNAT) is a public museum located in the city of Tarragona (Catalonia, Spain) that houses elements and remains of its rich past. Created in the mid-19th century as a Provincial museum - being the oldest museum of its kind in Catalonia -, it promotes the recovery, conservation, investigation and dissemination of heritage from the Roman city of Tarraco and its area of ​​influence. In addition to the Archaeological Museum, the MNAT manages the Paleochristian Museum and Necropolis, the Roman town of Els Munts (Altafulla) and the Roman town of Centcelles (Constantí), as well as the monuments of the Arch of Bará and the Tower of the Scipios, and the Roman theatre. To carry out its objectives, it organizes activities and offers diverse services such as temporary exhibitions, cycles of conferences, seminars, workshops and activities of historical reconstruction, edition of publications and realization of audiovisual programs.
The museum houses archaeological pieces from the Roman past of Tarraco and the beginnings of Christianity, and also a library. His collections include pieces from the 16th century and later, most of the pieces exhibited were discovered during excavations during the last 150 years.
It is part of the European network of Roman museums.
In 1960 he moved to the building he currently occupies, built on a new floor as a museum, on a canvas of the Roman wall. In 1982, the MNAT began to depend, in terms of its management, on the Department of Culture of the Generalitat of Catalonia, based on the approval of the Statute of Autonomy and the transfer of powers. Since 2003 the MNAT has been part, together with the Museum of Archeology of Catalonia, of the Autonomous Entity Museums of Archeology, created with the aim of promoting and coordinating at the highest level the initiatives related to research, conservation and dissemination of the Archaeological heritage of Catalonia.