|
|
![]() Helping San Diego, California and beyond since 1997.
|
|
Click here and add this page to your favorites!

|
Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: CAR-CAU |
|
|
CARMONA , a town of south
ridge
peak
south
fair
Cordova is partly of Roman construction. Portions of the ancient college of San Teodomir are of Moorish architecture, and the tower of the church of San Pedro is an imitation of the Giralda at Seville.In 1881 a large Roman necropolis was discovered close to the town, beside the Seville road. It contains many rock-hewn sepulchral chambers, with niches for the cinerary urns, and occasionally with vestibules containing stone seats (triclinia). In 1881 an amphitheatre, and another group of tombs, all belonging to the first four centuries A.D., were disinterred near the original
inscriptions , portrait-heads and other antiquities found here.Carmona, the Roman Carmo, was the strongest city of Further Spain in the time of Julius Caesar (100-44 B.C.), and its strength was greatly increased by the Moors, who surrounded it with a wall
star
For an account of the antiquities of Carmona, see Estudios arqueologicos e historicos, by M. Sales y Ferre (Madrid, 1887). End of Article: CARMONA If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
<a href="http://jcsm.org/StudyCenter/Encyclopedia/CAR_CAU/CARMONA.html"> CARMONA </a> |
|
|
(Previous) CARMINE |
(Next) CARNAC |
|
Sponsored Advertisements