The cult of the Lugoves in Hispania
The cult of the Lugoves in Hispania

Summary/Abstract: In the city of Lugo (Roman Lucus Augusti, one of the major centres of Gallaecia, in the north-west of the Tarraconensis province), a square structure of some 3.5 by 3.5 metres has recently been excavated. This was undeniably a religious building, with interesting materials such as kernoi-style beakers, a fragment of an altar in painted terracotta, or votive inscriptions in miniatures, similar to those found in various Hispanic or Gallic sanctuaries. The stratigraphic sequence of this building – with walls of slate slabs bonded with clay – suggests two phases of occupation: one belonging to the central decades of the 2nd century and the other to the last quarter of the 3rd century, and it is interesting to note that this sanctuary would have been sited at the entrance to the city, next to the road that connected Lucus and Brigantium (La Coruña) (GONZÁLEZ FERNÁNDEZ–RODRÍGUEZ COLMENERO 2002). But the most interesting finds were two altars dedicated to the Lugoves, dating from the first of the two periods mentioned, in other words, the mid-2nd century.

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