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Roman Temple of Vic

Vic, Osona, Barcelona

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Roman Temple of Vic

Monument · Vic, Osona, Barcelona

The Roman Temple of Vic was built in the early second century, at the highest point of the terrain, next to the river Mèder, near its confluence with the Gurri, for the Roman city of Ausa. For centuries it remained hidden inside the castle of the Montcada family, built at the end of the eleventh century, whose walls incorporated the temple's walls; its existence was not discovered until 1882, when the old building was demolished. The cella measures 12.10 by 10.10 metres and stands on a podium with a hexastyle portico, columns with Ionic bases and Corinthian capitals, and an Ionic entablature of large stone blocks. It is not known to which deity it was dedicated. After serving as a fortress in the Saracen period and as a residence of the Montcada family, it was also a prison and a granary before its rediscovery by canon Collell.

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