Terras de Celanova e Serra do Xurés

ROMAN ROAD OF THE VIA NOVA. PORTELA DE HOME MILESTONES

ROMAN ROAD OF THE VIA NOVA. PORTELA DE HOME MILESTONES

At this point of the Via Nova or Via XVIII we find several grouped milestones

The milestones are each one of the cipos (large stone cylinders with a wide base) that were driven into the edges of the Roman roads to indicate the distances in Roman miles to the next mansio (resting places) or important towns.

At this point of the Via Nova or Via XVIII we find several of these milestones grouped together, which also contain inscriptions commemorating the construction of the road as well as the emperor under whom the works were carried out.