Tarragona
Tarragona is located along a cliffy part of the seacoast of northeastern España (Spain) in its eponymous province in the Autonomous Community of Catalonia. It has a population of more than 132 thousand.1 The tallest building is the cathedral, whose bell tower reaches 70 meters.2 The city is famed for its Roman era ruins, when the city was called Tarraco. Many buildings are preserved intact underground,3 and the collection is honored by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
External references
Overview of Tarragona that includes the Roman circus ruins, Tarragona Province, Catalonia Autonomous Community, España (Spain)
Footnotes
1. 2014 figure from the side bar of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarragona accessed 4/13/2016.
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarragona_Cathedral, accessed 4/13/2016. The tallest modern building listed in emporis.com (accessed 4/13/2016) reaches 177 feet. The just-cited Wikipedia article mentions a petrochemical plant; I do not know how tall its fractionating towers are.
3. UNESCO, World Heritage Sites (Firefly Books, 2010).
