Monumento

Los Escipiones tower

Tarragona

Burial monument.


Located near the Via Augusta. Built with stone blocks. It consists of three sections: a lower podium, the central section decorated with figures in high relief, and the upper section would have been crowned by a pyramid-shaped structure that was never built. The tower is the burial monument of the Scipios.It is part of the monumental ensemble of Tarraco, which was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

World Heritage

Los Escipiones tower


Carretera N-340 a 6 kms. de Tarragona

43007  Tarragona  (Catalonia)

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