The Cyclopean Walls at Tarragona
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3293284 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julio Martinez Santa-Olalla (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1936 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 37 |
| Pages | 72-76 |
| Publication date | 1936-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x00011236 |
| OpenAlex | W2791814951 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
If the description of the 6th century Massalian Periplus, preserved in the Ora Maritima of Rufus Festus Avienus,l does not refer to Tarragona, as almost all scholars agree with Professor Bosch Gimpera2 in believing, then one can only say that to no other city of the Spanish coast can that account of its walls be applied with greater appropriateness.Seldom does it happen, as at Tarragona, that the ancient walls retain intact throughout the ages the embodiment of history amid the modern life of the city, and nowhere else with such charm and grandeur as that of Cesse with its true Iberian atmosphere. Usually the huge blocks of the primitive cyclopean wall are overlaid with reconstructions and refacings of the Roman, Visigothic and Medieval periods and of the modern Spanish fortifications
Ancient history · Archaeology · Atmosphere (unit) · Charm (quantum number) · Geography · Meteorology · Middle Ages · Archaeological and Historical Studies · Historical and Architectural Studies · History · Medieval Architecture and Archaeology
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |