A taberna is a single room shop covered by a barrel vault within great indoor markets of ancient Rome. Each taberna had a window above it to let light into a wooden attic for storage and has a wide doorway. A famous example is the Markets of Trajan in Rome, Italy built in the early 1st century by Apollodorus of Damascus Barrel vault In architecture, a barrel vault is an extrusion of a single curve (or pair of curves, in the case of a pointed barrel vault) along a given distance. ... Trajans Market, 2006 Trajans Market (Mercatus Traiani) is a large complex of ruins in the city of Rome, located on the Via dei Fori Imperiali, at the opposite end to the Colosseum. ... Apollodorus of Damascus, a famous Greek architect, engineer, designer and sculptor, flourished during the 2nd century AD. He was a favourite of Trajan, for whom he constructed Trajans Bridge over the Danube (104) for the campaign in Dacia. ...
Tabernas desert is one of the most geologically interesting landscapes in Europe, since it clearly shows the process of natural desertification and erosion.
Tabernas has a 14th-century ruined hilltop castle, which used to be the second most important in the province after Almeria's.
The last stretch of the Rambla de Tabernas widens, until it reaches the end point, the Puente de los Callejones, which is a bridge for the N340.
Tabernas is a village that sits between the Sierra de Alhamilla and Sierra de Filabres.
In the summer months it reaches temperatures of 45º C, whilst some winter nights register 0º C. Tabernas, situated in the arid desert, has several buildings of interest; a ruined medieval Moorish fortress, the elegant parish church of La Encarnacion (16th and 17th century) and the town hall that was once a grain store.
Tabernas is one of the many towns & cities in the beautiful region of Almeria Spain.
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