Roman temple of Vic

The Roman temple of Vic is an historic Roman temple located inside the uptown place of Vic, within the heart of Osona, Catalonia Spain. The building dates from the early second century, the golden age of the Roman Empire. Temples have been a simple part of each Roman metropolis, but the vicinity of this one was unknown until the overdue date of 1882. If nonetheless in use by means of the 4th-century, the temple would had been closed during the persecution of pagans under the Christian emperors. In the 11th century, the temple turned into literally covered with the aid of the structure of the Castle of els Montcada, which later became the house of the Veguers and finally, the jail of Vic.

It changed into no longer until 1882, at some point of the demolition of the antique fort, that the workers spotted with astonishment the Roman temple in very good circumstance. However the portico is a reconstruction made in the course of the cutting-edge a while, following the columns and capitals found. Despite the many uses it noticed, the condition of the temple is enough to allow us to believe how it might had been originally. The columned portico towers above the rostrum, which is accessed via a front staircase, is in part reproduced copying the original factors determined at some point of its reconstruction.