Tower of the Scipions<p>Six kilometers from the city, alongside the ancient <strong>Via Augusta</strong>, stands the <strong>Tower of the Scipios</strong>, a tower-shaped funerary monument from the early <strong>1st century AD</strong>. Despite its popular name, resulting from an erroneous 16th-century attribution, it has no connection to the Scipio military family. Built with <strong>Mèdol stone</strong>, the tower features reliefs of the Eastern deity <strong>Attis</strong> in a mourning posture. Its strategic location allowed travelers to remember the deceased members of the family that funded it, fulfilling the Roman duty of keeping memory alive. Originally polychromed and topped by a now-lost element, it remains one of the most iconic images of <strong>Roman heritage</strong> in Tarraco.</p>https://rutes-content.tarragona.cat/en/torre-dels-escipionshttps://rutes-content.tarragona.cat/@@site-logo/logo_aj_tgna.png
Tower of the Scipions
<p>Six kilometers from the city, alongside the ancient <strong>Via Augusta</strong>, stands the <strong>Tower of the Scipios</strong>, a tower-shaped funerary monument from the early <strong>1st century AD</strong>. Despite its popular name, resulting from an erroneous 16th-century attribution, it has no connection to the Scipio military family. Built with <strong>Mèdol stone</strong>, the tower features reliefs of the Eastern deity <strong>Attis</strong> in a mourning posture. Its strategic location allowed travelers to remember the deceased members of the family that funded it, fulfilling the Roman duty of keeping memory alive. Originally polychromed and topped by a now-lost element, it remains one of the most iconic images of <strong>Roman heritage</strong> in Tarraco.</p>
Nom
Torre dels Escipions
ID POI
5,448
Ubicació
Exterior
Latitude
41.131864
Longitude
1.318983
Desnivell
QR CODE
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Ruta RA
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