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Cava de Viriato (Viseu) (*)-One of the great enigmas of archeology Portuguese

December 30, 2010 by Castile
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The Cava de Viriato is one of the great enigmas of archeology Portuguese because no one knows the date of its construction nor its origin.
It is an octagon perfect about 8 h, which consisted of an earth slope of more than 2 km with the perimeter trench. The trench has a height from the bottom to the top of the gap between 9-15 m, and on the inside between 3-6 m. Just keep up the slopes of four sides of the polygon, with the trees and turned into top promenade with granite slabs spaced and constitute a danger to walkers twist a foot.

cava de viriato 300x225 Cava de Viriato (Viseu) (*) Um dos grandes enigmas da arqueologia portuguesa The Cava de Viriato has been subject to much destruction, but the perimeter is still recognizable. The surrounding ditches were connected to the river and the riverside of Pavia Santiago and within the enclosure there were several wells and water storage tanks.
What is the origin of the Cava Viriato?
The archaeological investigation, which has been scarce - not yet clarified its origin, because the findings were insignificant (only a penny from 40 to. C. and a fragment of Tegula).

Cava do Viriato 300x225 Cava de Viriato (Viseu) (*) Um dos grandes enigmas da arqueologia portuguesa

Despite the lack of a Roman planimetry, believed to have been a Roman military camp, whose construction has occurred around 48 BC, according to Jorge Alarcão, to accommodate the legions of Cassius Longinus.
Apart from Roman origin, was given a Muslim origin, materializing a fortress, a city that surrounded the camp is the case in Samarra in Iraq.
And because we are not in the presence of a large votive structure, the type of enclosures and hill gap (ditched enclosures) that are in the British Isles and that do not exist in Portugal? Obviously there is no evidence, but also represents a penny as witness Roman?
It is a monument that may also have played a role-geodesic in central Portugal, in the geographical center of Northern Lusitania, in the center of crossroads.
Monument Viriato
In the sixteenth century the thesis that have been here a camp Viriato in resistance to Roman invasion. If there is no proof that the idea was however widespread the Estado Novo, and the Cava area facing the hill from the Cathedral, with the square of St. Matthew, was made a monument of good quality Viriato.
It was built by a Spaniard, Mariano Benliure in 1940 and consists of five statues of shepherds very expressive with their antics, surrounding the Viriato. The statues are based on Bronze and granite rocks, to evoke the harshness of the Serra da Estrela, where it says that the resistance was more effective. It is a good monument and is one of the icons Viseu.
The Cava de Viriato was recently reclassified under the Polis program and while there is not a major archaeological intervention, it feels good ride here, the shadow of this dense arboredo with the puzzle to stir our imagination.

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