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Roots gallery, covering prehistory to the 8th century

Museu d'Història de CatalunyaPort Vell

Roots

Now showingPermanent collection€6

Prehistory to the 8th century: a model of Roman Tarraco, the Culip IV shipwreck with its cargo of amphorae and Roman lamps, and the rise of Christianity and the Visigoths.

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