Archaeological heritage
Research in progressThe Roman tower nobody has settled: tomb or watchtower?
In the middle of Calle Villa, next to Plaza de las Flores, stand the remains of an octagonal Roman tower from the 4th century AD. It may have been a mausoleum. It may have been a tuna-fishing watchtower. The municipal heritage sources don't settle either.
Período de construcción
Siglo IV d. C.
Altura estimada
Al menos 12 metros
Abandono
Siglo VI d. C., dos siglos después de construirse
Función
Sin resolver: mausoleo funerario o thynnoskopeion (torre de vigilancia pesquera)
Ubicación
Calle Villa, junto a la Plaza de las Flores. Se conoce también, de forma popular, como Mausoleo Romano de Estepona
Descubrimiento
2012, durante las obras de remodelación del casco histórico
In Estepona's old town, on Calle Villa, stand the base remains of an octagonal Roman tower from the 4th century AD that may have reached at least 12 metres in height. It was abandoned two centuries later, and its materials were plundered at different times — partly during the construction of the Muslim wall, and, in the 20th century, by a decorative fountain. Its function remains unresolved: it may have been a funerary mausoleum or a thynnoskopeion, a watchtower for tuna fishing.
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