Tumba Grande del Camino Viejo de Almodóvar - Córdoba, Andalucía, España - Ancient Roman Civilization on Waymarking.com

"As was customary in most Roman cities, the people of Cordoba buried their dead outside the walls, in the vicinity of the access roads to the city. At present, the burial areas in the Republican era are unknown, it is thought that they could be located to the south, between the river bank and the wall, although it is true that there are no remains that certify this theory, but it is also true that at

The expansion of the city to the south in the time of Augustus, today the historic center, greatly complicates the possibilities of finding important remains. With the arrival of Augustus, a process of monumentalization began in the city, turning the accesses into authentic sepulchral routes, where the importance of the funerary buildings in the vicinity stood out. The result is a framework with a notable ideological and visual charge, where the value of memory in the Roman world becomes clear. However, recent excavations show the coexistence of these spaces with centers of "harmful" activities, in the case of landfills or foundries, which, logically, it was better to keep outside the walls.

One of the most interesting remains that have come down to us is the Tumba Grande del Camino Viejo de Almodóvar. Discovered by the archaeologist Enrique Romero de Torres, father of Julio Romero de Torres, in the last decade of the 1930s, it was integrated into a burial route characterized by the architectural richness of its tombs. It is a chamber made of opus quadratum, barely 4 meters on each side and covered by a barrel vault, which is accessed through a semicircular arch that was probably walled up by large blocks of stone at the time. . It is thought that the tomb could have been topped by a monument."

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Most Relevant Historical Period: Roman Republic 509 B.C. - 27 B.C. Admission Fee: 0 Opening days/times: 24 Condition: Some remaining traces (ruins) or pieces Web Site: Not listed

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