Tarraqona (Tarragona)
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A strong, well-defended city with a marble wall and a few Romans; fifty miles from Tortosa in al-Idrisi's account. 1
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Tarragona is a fortified, impregnable city, with a wall of marble, and there are a few Romans in it. Al-Idrisi mentions that it lies fifty miles from Tortosa. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 555
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.555
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