Resumen de The Roman quarry at Montjuïc (Barcelona, Spain)
Carme Miró i Alaix, Emili Revilla Cubero
On the south-southwestern slope of the Montjuïc hill, near Iulia Faventia Paterna Barcino colony (modern Barcelona), a quarry that exploited the sandstone outcrop was discovered and excavated between 1989 and 1990. The excavation required working over an area of 200 m², which revealed a quarry front of some 50 m in length by 10 m in height. Unfortunately, it was not possible to find the limits of the quarry due to technical requirements. However, it led to the discovery of a large open air exploitation of local sandstone. The stepped and prismatic remains evidenced how stone was extracted. This is the only known Roman quarry for our town
