Ampurias - Upper Town

Beyond the Ampurias Museum the ground rises to the site of the Roman town. The first house entered is House I, a model of which, based on the work of the Roman architectural writer Vitruvius (first century B.C.), can be seen in the Museum. Remains of pavement mosaics have been left in situ. The decoration of the rather smaller House II is similar. Beyond this is the Forum, with the main street, the cardo maximus, running into it on the south. This leads to the main gate, on the stone threshold of which are the marks left by wheeled traffic.