LA CUEVA GRANDE DE MONTE CANTABRIA (LOGROÑO) Y EL PROBLEMA DE LOS «PALOMARES»

Authors

  • A. González Blanco

Abstract

THE GREAT CAVE OF MONTE CANTABRIA. In this article the large cave, visible from al1 parts of the city of Logrño, which opens its windows in the of Monte Cantabria, is studied only from the point of view of its «interior decoratiom. Its walls and columns are completely covered with 1.580 paloma nest shaped niches built of bricks. A study is made of the functional character of this type of «pigeon loftsn or «columbarios», of which this cave is only one example of the many to be found al1 over the Mediterranean area. A defense is made of the hypothesis that these are derived directly from the Roman «columbarios», and that in the Late Antiquity and in monastery contexts these niches received the mortal remains of the monks, and specially the skulls which reminded the ascetic monks their preparation for death. This hypothesis is based on the archaeological parallels of this type that exist in Tur Adin, in the NW of Syria, and the anthropological parallels that point in the same direction.

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Published
24-05-1999
How to Cite
González Blanco, A. (1999). LA CUEVA GRANDE DE MONTE CANTABRIA (LOGROÑO) Y EL PROBLEMA DE LOS «PALOMARES». Antigüedad y Cristianismo, (16), 119–132. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/ayc/article/view/66961

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