Place · Arguisuelas
La Veguilla
La Veguilla is a site in Arguisuelas with Roman remains: a votive inscription to Jupiter found among stones, a funerary block that may have belonged to a mausoleum, and a brick tomb with coffin nails and a broken gravestone described by Luis Mediamarca in 1867. It is interpreted as a Roman cemetery in the territory of Valeria.
- Municipality
- Arguisuelas
- Romans
- Arguisuelas
- Epigraphy
- Cemetery
- Valeria
Stones bearing letters
In 1867, Luis Mediamarca wrote a report on a discovery at La Veguilla, in Arguisuelas: a built tomb with bricks, iron nails from the coffin and a broken gravestone. In 1999, Juan Manuel Abascal interpreted it as a Roman inhumation cemetery.
Later, Jonathan Edmondson and his team reviewed other stones from the site: a votive inscription to Jupiter, found among stones, and a funerary block that may have formed part of a collective mausoleum. They place it within the territory of the city of Valeria. Another piece, kept in a village house, is attributed to the site on the basis of residents’ accounts.
Plan your visit
There are no visible remains prepared for visitors. For the area’s Roman past, Valeria.
Frequently asked questions
Was there a town?
No settlement beside the cemetery has been demonstrated. The inscriptions are linked to the territory of the Roman city of Valeria.
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Which eras you can read here
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