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St Tecla's Chapel
The Cathedral of Tarragona is a Roman Catholic church architecture, church in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The edifice is located in a site previously occupied by a Roman Empire, Roman temple dating to the time of Tiberius, a Visigothic architecture, Visigothic cathedral, and a Moorish architecture, Moorish mosque. It was declared a national monument in 1905. History There is little information about the origins of the church. A Chapter (religion), chapter is known to have existed in Tarragona in the late 11th century, but the current edifice was built only from 1154 by order of archbishop Bernat Tort, according to the Augustinians, Augustinian rule, to be entrusted to monks from the monastery of St. Rufus in Avignon. The original, early-12th-century cathedral had perhaps a single nave and a large apse, and was in Romanesque architecture, Romanesque architectural style. At the time attention was posed to defensive elements, such as the massive bell tower, annexed to the sacristy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarragona
Tarragona (, ; Phoenician: ''Tarqon''; la, Tarraco) is a port city located in northeast Spain on the Costa Daurada by the Mediterranean Sea. Founded before the fifth century BC, it is the capital of the Province of Tarragona, and part of Tarragonès and Catalonia. Geographically, it is bordered on the north by the Province of Barcelona and the Province of Lleida. The city has a population of 201,199 (2014). History Origins One Catalan legend holds that Tarragona was named for ''Tarraho'', eldest son of Tubal in c. 2407 BC; another (derived from Strabo and Megasthenes) attributes the name to ' Tearcon the Ethiopian', a seventh-century BC pharaoh who campaigned in Spain. The real founding date of Tarragona is unknown. The city may have begun as an Iberian town called or , named for the Iberian tribe of the region, the Cossetans, though the identification of Tarragona with Kesse is not certain. William Smith suggests that the city was probably founded by the Phoenicians, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
