Inside a courtyard located at the
Carrer Paradis, 10, you'll find the remains of the Roman
Temple of Augustus. Built to honor the Emperor Augustus in the first century CE, the temple represents an important cultural monument. Only four Corinthian columns along with fragments of the transept and its plinth have survived.
Constructed on
Mont Tàber, the highest point (16 meters above sea level)
in
Faventia as Barcelona was called during Roman antiquity, the temple once stood adjacent to the
Forum, the administrative and judicial center of a Roman city. With six columns in the front portico, the temple complex measured 37 meters long by 17 meters wide and towered over the city. The four surviving columns with their striated shafts rose some 9 meters and formed an imposing testament to the influence of Roman culture.
These ruins now housed in a building belonging to the
Centro Excursionista de
Cataluña can be reached via Metro (L4, stop
Jaume I), or by Bus (routes 17, 45, and 120). The site is open: Mondays, from 10am to 2pm; Tuesdays to Saturdays, from 10am to 7pm; Sundays, from 10am to 8pm. Entrance is free.
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