Tags: World Heritage Site.
Tarraco is the ancient name of the current city of Tarragona (Catalonia Spain). During the Roman Empire it was one of the major cities of the Iberian Peninsula and capital of the Roman province called Hispania Citerior or Hispania Tarraconensis. The full name of the city at the time of the Roman Republic was Colonia Iulia Urbs Triumphalis Tarraco. In 2000 the archaeological ensemble of Tarraco was declared a World heritage site by UNESCO.
