Fodor's Expert Review Pretori i Circ Romà
Tarragona
Ruins
The plans just inside the gate of this 1st-century AD Roman arena show that what’s now visible is only a small corner of a vast space where 30,000 spectators once gathered to watch chariot races. As medieval Tarragona grew, the city gradually engulfed the circus. At one end stands the Praetorium tower, which is connected to the circus via an underground passageway.
