Across Carrer del Bisbe from La Catedral is the 17th-century Bishop's Palace. Virtually nothing remains of the original 13th-century structure. The Roman city’s northwest gate stood here and you can see the lower segments of the Roman towers that sat on either side of the gate at the base of the Palau Episcopal and the nearby Casa de l’Ardiaca.
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