Archaeology Museum of Catalonia (MAC)

The Ruins of Empúries are an archaeological site where you can visit the remains of two towns: one Greek and one Roman. They were the first settlements and thus a gateway for these civilizations to the Iberian Peninsula.

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Empúries was the gateway of Greek and Roman cultures into the Iberian Peninsula. This site preserves the remains of a Greek city - the colonial Emporion enclave - and a Roman city: the former Emporiae founded in the early 1st century BC and built above the foundation of a Roman military camp constructed in the previous century.

You should not miss the mosaics at the ancient stately homes, the Asclepius statue and the imposing Roman Forum. The MAC-Empúries organizes very interesting guided tours.

The first excavations on the site began in 1908 and since then constant scientific recovery work has been performed.

Among the ruins of Empúries you can visit the Greek town, the Roman town and the archaeology museum.

During the summer there are dramatised visits and visits for families in different languages.

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Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya (MAC)

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