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The three platforms were connected by stairs placed inside the Towers
that were set on the corners of each precinct, some of which we
can still see today.
The Hill dominated the views of the sea and the rest of the town,
and today the appearance of that historical topography can clearly be
seen in the different levels and unevenness of the streets in the town
that we have discovered.
As a logical result of the original occupation in the first century, the
historical evolution of the city has kept on concealing the primitive
settlement and with the successive stages of the town’s urban history,
have continued to hide the initial Roman remains.
The current urban distribution, follows the medieval outline and is
therefore very irregular, and today shows few references to the Roman
orthogonality.
I should point out that contrary to what we all have experienced in
times when the appearance of archaeological remains, is seen as an
inconvenience for both individuals and administration; in Tarragona
and in some places and premises of the Part Alta, the presence
of the Roman remains have been incorporated without any trauma
and even with a certain pride.
We can find shops and local businesses incorporating them and
giving added value and pride to their owners.
It is not necessary to point out that public works have become an
obligation, not always easily accepted, but they have provided solutions
of unquestionable architectural value that today are looked
upon with considerable merit when it comes to promoting and visiting
the Roman heritage.
Within this framework and with work that had been carried out on
some public buildings as specimens, which had been a success with
the citizens in understanding some milestones of that Roman past,
the Project that we were in charge of had to solve the interventions in
the public spaces of the city - streets and squares - with the objective
of being able to attain its own language that allowed the reading and
understanding of the urban structure and build, which at one point
had been the Roman occupation of all of the Part Alta.
a) What were the limits of our projects?
b) What would we find during the intervention?
c)What did the client want?
d)How did we describe our objectives?
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