Barcino

Before I came to Barcelona had an idea of the amount of Roman influence on this city. I grossly underestimated the actual amount of ruins and underground remains of the old city Barcino. During Catalan culture class, we visited part of the remains of the old city and I was shocked by how well it was preserverd. We learned that over the years, land had eroded and covered the old city in mud and dirt until it was excavated because of new structures being built. This is very common in Europe because of the age of the cities and all the remains that have been buried over the years.

The old hallways of the underground basement are still pretty creepy.

"Whatchu lookin at?"

The basement was enclosed and had very little ventilation which made the conditions very harsh for the slaves that worked there. 

The circular basins were used to keep wine. Catalans placed a significance on wine just like the Romans did.

A sarcophagus of someone who was very short had their body chopped up into pieces in order to fit into this. 

Out of all of our field trips, this was on of my favorites because we got to see up close in person what it was like to be working in the steamy underground maze of wine cellars, laundry rooms and fish preservation.