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© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Olèrdola
Omeka ID 2330
Olèrdola
Rome

Via Augusta milestone

MAC OLE-00958

Object type
milestone
Production date
1 / 400
Fabric
-
Museum
Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Olèrdola
Culture
Rome
Discovery location
Olèrdola. Pla dels Albats (sector 09)
Materials
limestone
Township
Olèrdola (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Barcelona, Alt Penedès)
Technique
carving
Where is it?
Església de Sant Miquel
Dimensions
20 mm
Description
Lower half of milestone, of which the quadrangular foundation base and part of the frustoconical body or column is preserved. It came from the nearby Via Augusta that crossed the Penedès from north to south and which, coming from the Pyrenees, reached the Strait of Gibraltar. Its function, like that of all milestones, was to signpost the section of track and mark the miles that separated the different cities on the route. It was discovered in the area of ​​the anteapse of the church of Santa María during the 2016 excavations, lying on the pavement (12th century). It was raised and positioned in the southeast corner. Initially, its function was as the foot of the altar, located in the apse (10th - 11th century).

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