Roman Forum Cryptoportico. Emporion Roman town, 1st century AD.

The sign at Emporion archaeological site reads: CRYPTOPORTICO AND PORTICO (1st century AD)
The northern part of the forum was demarcated by a cryptoporticus consisting of three semi-subterranean galleries in a U-shape, of which perimeter walls and the lower tambours of the central colonnade are preserved. Built on top of this level, which has been partially reconstructed at the north-east corner there was a second floor with a double portico that delimited the religious area of the forum. In the subsoil, you can see some silos for storing cereal, corresponding to an earlier phase.

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Architecture Catalonia Emporion Original Photo Roman Spain