Tumba Olèrdolana

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Tumbas Olèrdolana from Santa María de La Piscina

Tumbas Olèrdolana (or Tumbas antropomórficas ) is the name that has been used since the 19th century for mostly socialized, medieval tombs carved into the rock of outcrops . Due to the large number of these structures in Olèrdola (near Barcelona ) they were given the name Tumbas Olèrdolana in Spain , popularized by Alberto del Castillo, one of the fathers of Spanish medieval archeology.

description

The tombs, also called Tumbas rupestres or Tumbas visigoticas , have an anthropomorphic shape and can be seen beyond the Iberian Peninsula , for example. B. in France ( Beaucaire ) and England ( rock tombs of Heysham ) widespread. Despite various doubts about the chronology, it is now clear that most of them were used in late antiquity and in the Middle Ages.

  • Sant Quirze de Colera

  • Carrascosa del Campo

  • Colmenar Viejo

  • San Vicente

  • Beaucaire Saint-Roman, France

See also

literature

  • Jordi Vital: Alberto del Castillo y la arqueología medieval 2016

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In Valderredible (in Cantabria) there are anthropomorphic sarcophagi, also called Tumba exenta , carved out of the rock.