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These curious cylindrical burial mounds were Built as a great pantheon for a Hispanic patrician and his entire family in a pre-existing necropolis during the time of Emperor Tiberius. Surely the North Mausoleum of 13 meters in diameter that preserves the funerary chamber was exclusively for the nobleman and the South Mausoleum, of smaller dimensions, was used > for his family and friends.

Both burial chambers were built with concrete covered with calcarenite stone ashlars and in 1993 after their discovery they were reconstructed following an exhaustive process. of anastylosis that allowed Separate the old parts from the new ones so as not to commit false historical records in the building. Since this year, 2021, it has been opened to the public and visitors are allowed to visit the monument and the Interpretation Center on the Funerary World that it houses inside by prior appointment.< /strong>

In the year 1993 there was a < strong>archaeological discovery of vital importance for the Roman history of the city since on both sides of the ancient Via Augustea that linked Córdoba and Seville, appeared two mausoleums built around the 1st century that were occupied by members of high society. This area that today is known as the Victory Gardens, continued It was of great importance during the Middle Ages as it housed one of the main entrances to the city known as Puerta de los Gallegos.

We know that the deceased must have belonged to the upper classes because their tombs They are close to the city and in Roman law burials were always carried out on the outskirts of the city but in a strict hierarchical order, with the nearby areas being those designated for the patriciansand those furthest from slaves. Furthermore, the typology created has no references in Hispania, so the architect who erected them should have belonging to another part of the Empire where he met these funerary structures, probably to Rome.

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