Mausoleum of the Atilii

The Mausoleum of the Atilii (Spanish: Mausoleo de los Atilios or El altar de los moros, meaning "Altar of the Moors") is a Roman mausoleum dating from 2nd or 3rd centuries AD, located in the municipal territory of Sádaba, Aragon, eastern Spain [1]. The mausoleum was located aside the Roman road connecting Zaragoza to Pamplona and Astorga [1]. The mausoleum was built in a heavily Romanized region [1]. The plains stretching from Sádaba to Ejea de los Caballeros, formerly known as Segia, were highly suitable for agriculture and became the heart of a productive cereal-growing area [1]. This gave rise to the Atilii family, a clan of Romanized rural aristocracy, which commissioned the mausoleum [1]. The building was constructed using local sandstone, and only a facade remains preserved [1].