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Roman columbarium of Vila-rodona

Vila-rodona, Alt Camp, Tarragona

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Roman columbarium of Vila-rodona

Historical milestone · Vila-rodona, Alt Camp, Tarragona

The Roman columbarium of Vila-rodona, from the 1st century, is the municipality's most important Roman remain and one of the best preserved in Catalonia. It stands beside the road that ran up the Gaià valley, as a rectangular funerary tower measuring about ten by six metres, intended to hold the urns with the ashes of a family; it preserves the apse with its six niches, three on each side, and on its east and west faces a stylobate decorated with seven arches, on which four columns with capitals rest. The rest of its walls date from the medieval period. Acquired by the municipality in 1976, it was restored by the architect J. Ferrer Bosch, who removed later additions and preserved the medieval south wall, and it was presented to the public again on 3 November 1984.

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Photo: Alberto-g-rovi (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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