Piedra del Cura
Also known asLa Piedra del Cura, Villamudria
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Overview
About this site
Overview
Piedra del Cura is a stele in Rábanos, Spain. It is also known as La Piedra del Cura, Villamudria. It lies at 42.3173° N, 3.2999° W. Recorded material: sandstone.
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Piedra del Cura
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The Basque word hilarri, from hil "dead" and harri "stone", names the disc-shaped funerary steles that are typical of the Basque Country. They have a disc-shaped head on a trapezoidal base, and the head faces the rising sun. They belong to an old tradition throughout the western Mediterranean, including parts of Europe and North Africa, but today they are found mainly in the Basque Country. The regional background, “Discoidal steles of Iberia”, is given below.
Dating
No date has been published for this site.
Setting
No other recorded monument lies within 10 km. The nearest is Dolmen El Pendón, 22.1 km to the north. In Rábanos, Spain, 1 of the 1 recorded monuments are of this type.
The nearest recorded monuments are Dolmen El Pendón (22.1 km north, dolmen); Dolmen de Cubillejo de Lara (27.9 km south-west, dolmen); Dolmen von Las Arnillas (54.1 km north-west, dolmen); La Lastra (54.2 km north-east, dolmen).
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No heritage designation is recorded for the site.
Tradition and region
About this kind of monument
Discoidal steles of Iberia
The Basque word hilarri, from hil "dead" and harri "stone", names the disc-shaped funerary steles that are typical of the Basque Country. They have a disc-shaped head on a trapezoidal base, and the head faces the rising sun. They belong to an old tradition throughout the western Mediterranean, including parts of Europe and North Africa, but today they are found mainly in the Basque Country.
The disc may be decorated with geometric symbols, generally dividing the disc into four or eight circle sectors, marked or implied, with a structuring of space that recalls older solar symbols. The Atlas's Spanish steles include Basque and Catalan funerary stones of this kind.
A funerary stele is a monument that marks a grave and carries text or ornament. In the ancient world steles were set up for funerary or commemorative purposes, and they could also be government notices or boundary markers. Hilarri belong to the tradition of grave markers, not to the megalithic tradition of standing stones, even though the Atlas groups them together.
Dating is by inscription where there is one, and by style where there is not.
The disc may be divided into four or eight circle sectors, marked or implied, with a flowered cross, a cross pattée with concave ends, or an Occitan cross; or it may bear a single rosette, a lauburu or another figure that suggests rotation. A smaller rosette, a Christian cross or a text may be added on the stand.
When visiting, look at the disc and its decoration, and at the direction in which it faces.
Paraphrased from Wikipedia: Hilarri, Wikipedia: Discoidal stele, Wikipedia: Stele · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Where it stands
Spain
The pin marks the monument itself — its exact point.
- Coordinates
- 42°19′02″ N, 3°18′00″ WFor a GPS or map app: 42.31734, -3.29988
Access is as our sources describe it; we have not visited the site to check.
Nearby
The closest sites in the Atlas, by straight line.
Dolmen El Pendón4000–3000 BCE
Dolmen de Cubillejo de Lara4000–3000 BCE
Dolmen von Las Arnillas4000–3000 BCEPhoto: Ángel M. Felicísimo from Mérida, España · CC BY-SA 2.0
- DolmenLa Lastra4000–3000 BCE
dolmen de La Lastra4000–3000 BCE- DolmenDolmen de la Nava Negra4000–3000 BCE
La Mina4000–3000 BCE
Dolmen de La Mina4300–1200 BCE
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Image files
- Piedra del Cura.jpgThomas HolbachCC BY-SA 4.0
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Around this place
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