Roman sites were not on our radar for this trip as it was a wine touring. However that’s the great part of traveling around the Mediterranean, you just trip over these sites. Our first site was Tarragona, just South of Barcelona along the coast. It’s a nice little amphitheater with a dramatic view of the sea. The Roman town was called Tarraco and was a major administrative and mercantile city in Roman Spain. Unfortunately I wasn’t deep into my Roman hobby at the time and didn’t see the aqueduct, forums, cemetery and museum. If you are in Barcelona, its an easy day trip; just do your homework before you go.
The second site was the aqueduct in Segovia. What is special about this structure is it is in the middle of the city. It is in remarkably good shape for being 2000 years old. The aqueduct was built in the first century AD and was 17km long. The Roman name of the town was Segovia – that’s a first, I’ve seen names that look similar but never the same.
