Visigothic kingdom

Barcino

Today: Barcelona, Spain

Years: 507–711
Role: Bishopric of Tarraconensis

The small walled colony between the Besós and the Llobregat stayed inhabited after the end of the empire and was a bishopric, and for a time a seat of the Visigothic kings before Toledo was. What survives of those centuries lies under the plaça del Rei: the remains of the first cathedral, its baptistery and a church of the 6th century.

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Subsuelo arqueológico del MUHBA, plaça del Rei (Conjunto episcopal de Barcino): Church, 6th century

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