The Roman quarry at Montjuïc (Barcelona, Spain)

• Carme Miró i Alaix ^[1] ; Emili Revilla Cubero ^[2]
  1. [1] ICUB-Servei d'Arqueologia, Barcelona
  2. [2] Museu d'Història de Barcelona (MUHBA)
• Localización: Interdisciplinary studies on ancient stone: proceedings of the IX Association for the Study of Marbles and Other Stones in Antiquity (ASMOSIA) Conference (Tarragona 2009) / coord. por Anna Gutiérrez García-Moreno, María Pilar Lapuente Mercadal, Isabel Rodà de Llanza, 2012, ISBN 978-84-939033-8-1, págs. 680-687
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • On the south-southwestern slope of the Montjuïc hill, near Iulia Faventia Paterna Barcino colony (modern Barcelona), a quarry that exploited the sandstone outcrop was discovered and excavated between 1989 and 1990. The excavation required working over an area of 200 m², which revealed a quarry front of some 50 m in length by 10 m in height. Unfortunately, it was not possible to find the limits of the quarry due to technical requirements. However, it led to the discovery of a large open air exploitation of local sandstone. The stepped and prismatic remains evidenced how stone was extracted. This is the only known Roman quarry for our town