El destino de los templos paganos en Hispania durante la Antigüedad Tardía

Abstract

The destiny of the pagan temples in Hispania during the Late Antiquity constitutes a complex phenomenon that, from the ambiguous textual information and still the little material evidences, is less generalized with respect to other Western and Eastern areas. A systematic and programmed policy of destruction or dismantling of pagan temples through Christian religious authorities in Hispania is not stated. An important factor has been the slow progress of christianity for certain rural areas of the Iberian Peninsula and the maintenance of pagan practices and pagan spaces as much in the city as in the countryside.