After lunch we walked the short distance over to the city's Roman museum. We can never get enough old stuff, and the National Archeological Museum of Tarragona is said to be one of Spain's best.
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En route to the Roman museum, more Roman bits; a sign said
this was the site of the synagogue; usually, in Europe, such
signs are dated 1942 or thereabouts; this is Spain, and it was
dated 1492; a reminder that, in addition to unifying Spain and
giving us Cristoforo Colon, and the New World, the dynamic
regal duo, Ferdinand and Isabella, and mostly Isabella, also
expelled all the Jews and Muslims, and gave us the Inquisition;
all in 1492 |
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| In the museum, a helpful map of Augusto Tarraco |
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| Yeah, but, a really big, big toe |
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| Toga! Toga! |
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| What it takes to reassemble a mosaic |
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| Ditto |
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| Seriously ditto |
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From the Centcelles villa, painstakingly reassembled by a German
team in the 1950s |
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| Interior shots of the dome at Centcelles |
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| Obligatory amphora, some recovered from the sea |
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| Thus...and memories of Turkey |
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Oil lamps, and, something we'd not seen before, an oil lamp
chandelier |
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| Doll with moving parts |
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| Service for several |
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| Great Roman glass |
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| Including these two huge jugs |
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| Two-toned |
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