MAUSOLEUM OF CHIPRANA
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MAUSOLEUM OF CHIPRANA |
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Only one of the façades of this ancient Roman mausoleum is preserved today; the façade is part of one of the walls in the hermitage of the Concepcion in Chiprana; the euthynteria of the opposite façade is preserved too in a length of 10 metres. |
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Façade of the mausoleum of Chiprana. (Photo: Roberto Lérida Lafarga 01/03/2008) |
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Two arches of the mausoleum and part of a third arch are preserved; the central arch forms a vaulted niche deeper than the other two arches; so, it seems logical that the mausoleum had at least three arches-vaulted niches –that happens in the Atilii’ mausoleum in Sadaba- or, according to the scholars, five arches-vaulted niches. The arches are mouldered in different depths and over them there is the entablature with architrave and frieze, where there is an inscription and rest of another one, over the inscriptions we can see the remains of the cornice. The arches are separated by rectangular pilasters furrowed with seven grooves, no exempt and carved in the block of stone; the pilasters are crowned with Corinthian capitals with acanthus leaves, carved in the blocks of stone too. |
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The two arches preserved. (Photo: Roberto Lérida Lafarga 01/03/2008) |
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Over the central arch we can clearly read a Roman inscription: FABIAE L(ucii) F(iliae) SEVERAE DIERVM XXX: “to Fabia Severa, Lucius’ daughter, 30 days old”.
Detail of the inscription preserved. (Photo: Roberto Lérida Lafarga 01/03/2008) |
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Inscription preserved in the frieze over one of the arches. (Photo: Roberto Lérida Lafarga 01/03/2008) |
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Over the right arch a inscription seems to be erased by means of a hammer and a chisel; however, thanks to the testimony of Vicencio Juan de Lastanosa (1607-1681), who saw the inscriptions in the XVII century and drew them and the hermitage, the second inscription seems to say: FABIAE L(ucii) F(iliae) SEVERAE DIERVM XXV, “to Fabia Severa, Lucius’ daughter, 25 days old”. |
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Drawing of the façade of the Mausoleum of Chiprana according to Vicencio Juan de Lastanosa in the XVII century; with the two inscriptions still preserved. |
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From the inscription we can infer that this is the mausoleum of the family Fabia Severa, where the preserved inscriptions were dedicated to the Lucius Fabius Severus daughters who died both being still babies. Over the second inscription we can still see the shape of a pediment with the tympanum filled by block of stones. |
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Detail of the façade with the rests of the pediment. (Photo: Roberto Lérida Lafarga 01/03/2008) |
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Since 1931 is National Historic and Artistic Monument and now it is a Good of Cultural Interest according to the law of Aragonese Heritage. |
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In the township of Chiprana, in a zone called Dehesa de Baño (“Bath Meadow”) scholars located the remains of another funerary monument. |
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FUENTES: - MELGUIZO AÍSA, Salvador: Mausoleo de Fabara, Zaragoza, 2005 |
