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The wall and the aqueduct of Roman Barcelona

The wall

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The Wall of roman Barcelona had 9 meters of height and a perimeter of approximately 1270m. The wall had seventy four towers and four doors that were opened at the centre of every side of the city: at the Plaça Nova, at the square of the Àngel, at the Regomir street and in a place between the Call street and the Ferran street. But only two doors have been found: the decumana, in plaça   Nova, near from the Cathedral,  and the south-west door, at the Regomir street and I an place between the Call street and the Ferran street.

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The aqueduct

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The water was really important in the roman society. Barcino town had two aqueducts that brought the water from the Collserola and Besòs rivers to the Decumana door, at the plaça Nova. The brought water through the aqueduct was saved in a big tank of water – the castelum aquae. From the castelum the water was brought  to the public fountains and to thermal baths.


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An Hipothetic restitution of the roman wall.
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The old Barcino in IV c. AD.


La muralla i l'aqüeducte de Barcelona

La muralla

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La muralla de Barcelona tenia 9 metres d’altura i un perímetre aproximat de 1270 metres. La muralla tenia 74 torres i quatre portes, que s’obrien al centre de cada costat de la ciutat: a la plaça Nova actual, a la plaça de l’Àngel, al carrer del Regomir i en un punt situat entre el carrer del Call i el Ferran. D’ aquestes quatre portes, únicament  se n'han descobert dues: la decumana, a la plaça Nova i la del sud-est, al carrer del Regomir i en un punt situat entre el carrer del Call i el de Ferran


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L'aqüeducte

En la societat romana, l’aigua hi tenia molta importància. La ciutat de Barcino disposava de dos aqüeductes que portaven les aigües des de Collserola i riu Besòs, respectivament fins a la  porta Decumana, a l’actual Plaça Nova. Les aigües transportades per l’aqüeducte s’emmagatzemaven en un gran dipòsit d’aigua  – el castellum aquae - des d’on es distribuïen per canonades de plom, d’obra o de terrissa a les fonts públiques o les termes.

Autors: Anna Pedemonte i Marta Edo

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