In the I century there was an important Roman village in that place which was abandoned and it was in the V c. that it was reformed, later on, the mausoleum was built .
This big mausoleum has a unique sepulcharl chamber for must one person; this fact shows us that it was the tomb of an important Roman patriarch whose identity is unknown. The German archaeologist Schlunk thought that it was the tomb of the Emperor Constant I, Constanti's son, who died in the year 350 in Elna, near the Pyrenees..
The imperial character of the mausoleum explains the beauty, magnitude and high quality of the mosaics (partially preserved)..
These mosaics, covering the dome of a Christian building, are the most ancient in the whole old Roman Empire.

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