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era wall here, given its orientation facing Jerusalem, has led some to speculate that there
was a synagogue here even in Roman times.
Ruin
TEMPLE ROMÀ D'AUGUST
(Carrer del Paradis; 10am-8pm Tue-Sun; Jaume I)
Opposite the southeast end of La Cated-
ral, narrow Carrer del Paradis leads towards Plaça de Sant Jaume. Inside No 10, itself an
intriguing building with Gothic and baroque touches, are four columns and the architrave
of Barcelona's main Roman temple, dedicated to Caesar Augustus and built to worship his
imperial highness in the 1st century AD. You are now standing on the highest point of Ro-
man Barcino, Mont Tàber (a grand total of 16.9m, unlikely to induce altitude sickness).
VIA SEPULCRAL ROMANA
Archaeological Site
( 93 256 21 00;
www.museuhistoria.bcn.cat
;
Plaça de la Vila de Madrid; admission €2; 11am-2pm
Tue-Fri, to 7pm Sat & Sun; Catalunya)
Along Carrer de la Canuda, a block east of the top
end of La Rambla, is a sunken garden where a series of Roman tombs lies exposed. The
burial ground stretches along either side of the road that led northwest out of Barcelona's
Roman predecessor, Barcino. Roman law forbade burial within city limits and so every-
one, the great and humble, were generally buried along roads leading out of cities.
DOMUS ROMANA
Archaeological Site
( 93 256 21 00;
www.museuhistoria.bcn.cat
;
Carrer de la Fruita 2; admission €2; 10am-2pm Sat &
Sun; Liceu)
The remains of a Roman
domus
(town house) have been unearthed and
opened to the public. The house lay close to the Roman forum and the owners were
clearly well off. Apart from getting something of an idea of daily Roman life through
these remains, the location also contains six medieval grain silos installed when the Jew-
ish quarter, the Call, was located in this area.
DALÍ
Museum
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