El conjunto paleocristiano del Francolí en Tarragona. Nuevas aportaciones

The authors kindly offer a preliminary account of a recent dig by the archaeological department of the Rovira i Virgili University of Tarragona. The dig has been conducted near the celebrated cemetery of Francoli, where Mgr. Serra-Vilaro believed befound a cemetery church of the martyrs Fructuoso, Augurio and Eulogio. The excavation, nearby the modern road, but crossing the Roman road to the cemetery, brought to light different buildings: part of a villa, called here "villa palacio" or domus suburbana, a basilican church, a cistern and some remains of a farm. All of these ruins were found at the same stratigraphic level and seem to be connected. The author believes that the 4th century domus, that includes a vast room with an apse (thought to be a triclinium) and baths, can hardly heve been a private residence. The basilican church (measuring, with the atrium, 22 x 15 m) is oriented to the east. The rectangular apse was enlarged in a secondary phase and contains two graves later than to the first phase. T...