Two Roman mausoleums at Quinta de Marim (Olhão): preliminary results of the excavations in 2002 and 2003

Le résumé fourni par la source

In 1877 Estácio da Veiga was able to discover a Roman uilla with main and secondary buildings in the area of Quinta de Marim (Olhão). There we recognize the ground plan of a square-shaped building with an apse and peristasis, connected with another squareshaped monument. This area was now re-excavated by the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena (Germany) in 2002 and 2003. Different finds underline the former splendour of the constructions. The architecture of the bigger building is repeated on the villa complexes of Milreu (Estoi, Faro) and São Cucufate (Vila de Frades, Beja). The architecture finds its matches around Rome and in Italy as well as in Los Castillejos (Badajoz, Spain). After the new excavations at Quinta de Marim the buildings there are to be seen as grave monuments, dating to the 2nd half of the 3rd century AD. Thus even the former-called "temples" at Milreu and São Cucufate can be interpreted in that way.

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