Excavaciones Arqueológicas en la catedral de Tarragona (2000-2002)

Abstract

The Tarragona Cathedral Director Plan is an ambitious scheme for conservation and restoration work to be carried out on this city landmark. Works include the historical and archaeological study of the property, all the more interesting for the cathedral’s position on one of the terraces of the imperial complex of the Consilium Prouinciae Hispaniae Citerioris, where in late antiquity the Visigoth episcopacy was established. This area was recovered during the restoration of the archiepiscopal see in the 12th century, and is the origin of the present ecclesiastical see. This article is a first approach to the architectural evolution of an area of the Cathedral of Tarragona, the north of the cloister, which it has been possible to study with the help of economic investment derived from the agreement between the chapter of Tarragona Cathedral, the city council, the county council, the regional council of Tarragona and the Catalan autonomous government.