Tumba de Miralpeix, Caspe

The Mausoleum of Miralpeix is a Roman mausoleum of the sepulchre-temple type found next to the Ebro in the municipality of Caspe, in the province of Zaragoza. It was moved in 1962 to its current location in the centre of Caspe -in the gardens of the Collegiate Church of Santa Maria la Mayor- due to the construction of the Mequinenza reservoir.

The use of its material in later rural constructions had profoundly altered its structure. Its removal and subsequent restoration made it possible to save the construction, which was already very degraded. Built in very well cut sandstone ashlars, nowadays of different colours, it has a rectangular ground plan and is covered by a large half-barrel vault 8 metres high. In the corners there are still remains of Corinthian columns and capitals.

Its chronology, difficult in monuments with no other remains than its own typology, may be from the second half of the 2nd century or the beginning of the 3rd century, coinciding with the deep Romanization of the region, based on agricultural exploitation. It is one of the best examples of the long history of the Roman Empire in the lands of the Ebro. It was declared a national monument in 1931.