Museu d’Història de la Ciutat

From Roman times to today in Catalan culture, religion is a major part of life. Religious artifacts such as statues of Gods, wine storage rooms, etc. have changed throughout the years. In Roman times there was Polytheism,which was the belief in more than one God. Yet today, Catalan religion is more of a Monotheistic culture, which is the doctrine belief that there is just one god. Going back to Polytheism, there were multitude of Gods for various things, but today most Catalan people believe in just one god. Also, Wine was a huge part of Roman religion and today is still considered a large part of Catalan religion. In Roman times, making and storing wine was a huge part of their religion, and wine is still made in the Catalan culture where catholics believe that wine creates  an importance for the present day made by Jesus.

The pinkish and brown bricks of this wall were the original layerings to this wall back from the Romans. The gray area of rocks on the right, is a replica of the wall made in modern day. The difference in bulkiness, color and texture are seen, especially due to the fact that Catalan buildings nowadays are more modern and require a more modern look, like the grey stones above.

Another Roman Architecture, has to do with the windows on their walls and how small they were up top compared to how big they were on the bottom. In this time of the romans, the royalty lived on the lower levels because it was nicer and bigger, while slaves or lesser people lived above in the higher levels. The royalty/slavery living arrangements means that the smaller ones are for the slaves, because it is fitting for an imprisonment/enslaved lifestyle. Now in Catalan times, this is not a common architecture design of modern Catalonian buildings because slavery is no longer. 

There are multiple different elements that we talked about in our tour of the Museum. First, the Culina is the room in a typical roman house where the food was prepared and cooked. The Peristylum was the back part of the house where there was a fountain or a nice courtyard. The Atrium was the inner court that contain one of the main basins of the Domus. Finally, the most important room in the typical roman house was the triclinium. This was the dining room and where most of the family spent their time. Moving on into the Tablinum, this was the room for the highest elder of the family. The Cubicula were the sleeping quarters of the house. These were the private places reserved for the occupants. There were plenty of beauty products used in this area.