The early Christian necropolis of Tarragona is one of the best known and best preserved late Roman cemeteries (3rd–5th centuries AD). The visit takes us into the evocative world of death (and of life) in Tarraco about 1,500 years ago. This necropolis was almost certainly founded with the burials of the martyred bishop Saint Fructuosus and his deacons, who were burned in Tarraco’s amphitheatre in 259 AD. The construction of a basilica in memory of the fifth-century Christian martyrs marked the pinnacle of this cemetery, which was rediscovered less than a hundred years ago. The remains of the necropolis and its interpretation centre help us understand the beliefs, rituals, ceremonies and customs related to death in Roman times.
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