Roman Temple of Vic

The Roman temple of Vic is one of the best-preserved Roman temples in the Iberian Peninsula. Built in the second century AD as part of the Roman town of Auso (modern Vic), it consists of a raised podium with six Corinthian columns on the facade and supporting columns along the sides. It is a genuinely impressive survivor.

The temple stands in the upper part of the old town, in a small square near the castle hill. Its setting among the medieval streets makes it all the more striking — the Roman stonework rises from among the Catalan houses as if the centuries had simply folded together. The temple can be viewed from outside at any time; the interior is accessible during opening hours.

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The temple was built in the second century AD but was forgotten for over a thousand years. In the Middle Ages it was absorbed into the walls of the medieval castle that stood on the same hill. Its columns were only rediscovered in 1882, when the castle was being demolished — a case of a Roman building surviving by accident inside a medieval one.