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Palaeochristian Basilica of el Bovalar

Seròs, Segrià, Lleida

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Palaeochristian Basilica of el Bovalar

Monument · Seròs, Segrià, Lleida

The Bovalar site, in the municipal district of Seròs, brings together the remains of a settlement and a Palaeochristian and Visigothic basilica in use between the 4th and 8th centuries, declared bien cultural de interés nacional (Catalonia's highest level of heritage protection). The basilica, rectangular in plan, 26 by 12.3 metres, and divided into three naves with columns, was built at the end of the 4th century. Excavated since 1968 following its discovery in 1943, the site has yielded a square baptistery crowned by a dome on columns, a bronze censer with chains, a Coptic vessel for consecrated wine, ten Visigothic trientes of monarchs such as Ergica, Wittiza and Akhila, and abundant pottery. The settlement and the basilica were destroyed by fire after the Muslim invasion, after 713-714.

Photo: Losoci (Wikimedia Commons) (Public domain)

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