{"id":91529,"date":"2017-11-17T18:12:34","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T17:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=91529"},"modified":"2018-06-27T12:15:06","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T10:15:06","slug":"temple-agustus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/temple-agustus\/","title":{"rendered":"Hidden Gem in Barcelona: Temple of Agustus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the center of\u00a0 Barcelona is the <strong>Gothic Quarter<\/strong>, the oldest neighborhood in the city containing many still-standing\u00a0pieces of Spanish history. Over time, the country restored many of the buildings in the area to preserve the richness of the\u00a0<strong>history<\/strong> they still contained. Here, no vehicles are allowed and people must walk through mazelike, narrow streets to get from one place to another. Hidden inside the Gothic Quarter, the city&#8217;s oldest structure still stands, safely preserved for everyone to marvel at free of charge. The<strong>\u00a0Templo de Augusto<\/strong>,\u00a0or\u00a0<strong>Temple of Agustus<\/strong>,\u00a0is one of the final links to the Holy Roman Empire in the world today and it&#8217;s right here in the heart Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/architecture-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The old and the new: Barcelona&#8217;s most stunning architecture<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/w.ticketbar.eu\/js\/widget\/Widget.min.js\" async=\"true\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"Ticketbar-Widget\" data-widget-guid=\"68e0e681-6422-4bda-a342-c1571559dc44\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/temple-agustus\/#History\" title=\"History\">History<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/temple-agustus\/#Preservation\" title=\"Preservation\">Preservation<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"History\"><\/span>History<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_91531\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91531\" class=\" wp-image-91531\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/5439258532_e6fd29761e-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"240\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-91531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by\u00a0enric archivell via Visualhunt<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Temple of\u00a0Agustus<\/strong> goes back to the colony of <strong>Barcino<\/strong>, the old <strong>Roman<\/strong> city,\u00a0in the 1st century BC when it was used as a place of worship of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/tarragona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roman Empire<\/a>. The temple was part of the colony&#8217;s Forum, a square connected by the city\u2019s important buildings, including the city&#8217;s head basilica and the government building where the municipal senate met to discuss the law. The square also held the main market for buying and selling goods imported by merchant ships coming from the rest of the Mediterranean.\u00a0The temple itself was not on the ground floor, but on a small hill called <strong>Mons Taber<\/strong>. After being mostly demolished, the temple&#8217;s columns would be constructed within other buildings until they were discovered in the 19th century during a new construction plan.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Preservation\"><\/span>Preservation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_91533\" style=\"width: 331px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91533\" class=\" wp-image-91533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/21388963165_0385115c7d-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"321\" height=\"213\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-91533\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Following Hadrian via Visualhunt<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After they were rediscovered with the podium restored, the <strong>Centre Excursionista de Catalunya,\u00a0<\/strong>the building constructed on top of the site of the old <strong>temple,<\/strong>\u00a0promoted its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/muhba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">historical<\/a> value with the assistance of Catalan architect Llu\u00eds Dom\u00e8nech i Montaner. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/ruins-archaeology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Excavations<\/a> and preservations suggest the temple was 35 x 17.5 meters on top of the platform, which is about 12 meters high, plus thirty-four columns in total. Adolf Florensa, who restored the building that currently holds the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.museupicasso.bcn.cat\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mu<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.museupicasso.bcn.cat\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">seu<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.museupicasso.bcn.cat\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> Picasso<\/a>,\u00a0took over the rest of the process following the Civil War up to its current standing. Today, visitors can look upwards at the four surviving columns and the podium with its background visible on the walls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/jewish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jewish History in Barcelona<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Located at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.es\/maps\/place\/Carrer+del+Parad%C3%ADs,+10,+08002+Barcelona\/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x12a4a2f901110d17:0x2021976716f07475?sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjwjLTw9qnXAhVGnRQKHc9sDJsQ8gEIJTAA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Calle Parad\u00eds, 10<\/a>, the surviving, two-thousand-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/casa-de-lardiaca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roman<\/a> structure stands for all to see for free. It&#8217;s open on Monday from 10:00 to 14:00, from Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 to 19:00, and on Sunday from 10:00 to 20:00. It&#8217;s closed on New Year&#8217;s Day, the 1st of May, the 24th of June, and Christmas Day. <b>The Temple of\u00a0Agustus<\/b> is listed as a <strong>Cultural Asset of National Interest<\/strong>\u00a0and is among the main historical sites of the\u00a0<b><a href=\"http:\/\/ajuntament.barcelona.cat\/museuhistoria\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Barcelona City History Museum<\/a>. \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"bloc-dreta text\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Looking for an apartment in the city? <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ShBarcelona<\/a><\/strong> can help you find the perfect one.<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-left \"\n    data-id=\"91529\"\n    data-slug=\"\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 150px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-legend\">\n            <strong class=\"kksr-score\">5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\/<\/span>\n        <strong>5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">(<\/span>\n        <strong class=\"kksr-count\">1<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\n            vote        <\/span>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the center of\u00a0 Barcelona is the Gothic Quarter, the oldest neighborhood in the city containing many still-standing\u00a0pieces of Spanish history. Over time, the country restored many of the buildings in the area to preserve the richness of the\u00a0history they still contained. Here, no vehicles are allowed and people must walk through mazelike, narrow streets [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":91530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4346],"tags":[6547,8110,8133,1930,1971,8131,8132,8130],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91529"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91529"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110768,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91529\/revisions\/110768"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}