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At the end of May, an archaeological intervention was initiated motivated by a building permit on a site on Temple’s street, in the Dalt de la Vila neighborhood. As it is a site located within the protected area as BCIN of the site of the Roman City of Baetulo, an archeological survey is being carried out to detect the presence of remains from the Roman era, under the supervision of the Museum.

Despite the initial state of the excavation, which will last a few more weeks, it has been possible to document the presence of various structures from the 18th-19th centuries, including the remains of a building that was possibly part of the stables or spaces of storage of the Torre Vella , and two hydraulic structures. One is a water mine, which will be preserved in situ, and which was amortized at the end of the 19th century, when the Temple’s street was developed. It is a channel made with stone walls joined with mortar and a brick vault with a raised channel.

Among the landfill that has been mined so far, a singular piece from the late Middle Ages was recovered. It is a fragment of a decorative element that probably comes from the church of Santa Maria or the Torre Vella. In the piece you can see a male figure with a scroll of parchment in her hands, made in high relief on stoneware.

 

Interior of the water mine. Photo: J. Ardiaca

Exterior view of the water mine. Photo: J. Ardiaca

Medieval piece recovered during the excavations on Temple’s Street. Photo: Museu de Badalona

 

This year we want to live more intensely than ever – despite the obvious limitations imposed by the situation – the three days of the European Archeology Days (June 19th, 20th and 21st). We will do this with different proposals that we hope will be of interest to you.

On one hand, during the three days, the Museum can be visited free of charge during its usual opening hours: Friday from 10 am to 2 pm and from 5 pm to 8 pm and Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 2 pm.

On the other hand, we will share with you different online content that will allow you to enjoy archeology from any computer or mobile device. We hope and wish that next year the situation has improved completely and we can complete our offer with face-to-face activities.

But as long as that doesn’t happen, archeology is alive and well!

 

Virtual tour to the water conduit of Baetulo

The archaeologists of the Badalona Museum Esther Gurri and Clara Forn introduce us to one of the most unique spaces of all those preserved in the Roman Badalona: the water conduit of the s. I AD. We will walk with them through this magnificent underground construction while they explain us its use, how it was built and how it was discovered.

Enjoy the privilege of seeing a space that the Romans of Baetulo never could see!

 

Virtual workshop. Let’s make a three in a row

One of the games most enjoyed by young and old in Roman times was the three in a row. This popular game that we all have at home was the typical pastime with which they entertained and had a good time. Esther Espejo, a technician from the Museum of Badalona, teaches us how to make this board game in the style of the Romans.

A project of experimental archeology.The consumption of meat in Roman times

In 2017, an experimental archeology project was started by Albert Massat, a doctoral student at the UAB, and Clara Forn, from the Museum of Badalona, with the collaboration of the Historical Reconstruction group of Badalona. We explain you what it consisted of and the conclusions we drew about the processing and consumption of meat in Roman times, through experimentation.

 

ARCHAEOLOGICAL ALPHABET SOUP

In occasion of the celebration of the European Archeology Days, we want to offer you a little entertainment of a lifetime: an alphabet soup.

Are you able to locate 10 CONCEPTS RELATED TO ARCHAEOLOGY in this mess of letters?

Download the soup: shorturl.at/adeoQ

Download response: shorturl.at/hCGX2

The publishing house Efadós has recently published the book Badalona desconeguda, by Margarida Abras and M. Dolors Nieto, which you can now purchase in the Museum store.

The book, which has inspired the exhibition of the same name that can be seen on the Museum until September 6th, offers a photographic tour of some areas of Badalona little known or, directly, that no longer exist, with the aim to better understand the evolution of our city and its current reality. Next to the images you will find historical sketches that will allow you to travel from the Middle Ages to the contemporary era.

 

 

Title: Badalona desconeguda

Authors: M. Abras i M.D. Nieto

Collection: Catalunya Desapareguda

184 pages.

Price : 22.00 €

The digitization of the documentary holdings of the archives allows curious people to find jewels like the one we present to you.

The lawyer Jordi Ballesteros, who a few years ago found and published a French map from 1697 that located the town of Badalona and the territory around it (a map preserved in the archives of Versailles), has now discovered a geometric plan of the town of Badalona, ​​which must be dated in 1839 and which is the first graphic representation on a scale known of a part of the town of Badalona.

This jewel, about which Jordi Ballesteros himself plans to publish an article in the next issue of the magazine Carrer dels Arbres, is preserved in the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, in Madrid.

The town plan includes, in volume, the streets and houses built, the route of the streams of Canyet and Sant Jeroni, the area of Maignon urbanization (where construction was just beginning) and the main buildings : the church, the town hall, the squares. You can also see the sand dunes.

We will have to wait a while to know all the details. For now we enjoy the view of the fist town plan of Badalona.