Description of the attraction
The Roman mausoleum is one of the oldest buildings in Cordoba and all of Spain. Its ruins were discovered in 1993 by a group of archaeologists studying the area for permission to build a parking lot. After a while, the building was completely reconstructed based on the wreckage that had been removed from the ground. At the same time, it was possible to restore part of the walls from the found areas, and the rest was completed specially from another stone in order to clearly demonstrate the difference between the new and old masonry of the walls of the building.
The Roman mausoleum is a cylindrical structure erected for a funeral rite. Scientists attribute its construction to the 1st century. Inside the building, a chamber has survived, in which the burial urn was located.
Some elements of the plinth, cornices and a toothed parapet are also perfectly preserved. Scientists suggest that the mausoleum was erected by an architect who arrived in Cordoba from Italy, because such structures were characteristic of that region. This is also indicated by its location. It was customary for the Romans of that era to build mausoleums along the roads, and the mausoleum found in Cordoba is located next to the ancient road leading to modern Seville.
Most likely the mausoleum belonged to a wealthy family. A little further to the south, a circular marking was discovered, created from stone slabs, which indicates that there was another mausoleum nearby, apparently intended for the wife or spouse of the person buried in the first mausoleum.
