Twelve months of archaeological work have discovered an Iberian site in the vineyards of Segura Viudas’ winery, in the location of Torrelavit. There were found hundreds of ceramic pieces from this period, that are dated between the 4th and 3rd centuries before Christ. Some of these pieces are parts of a jar, amphoras and bowls.

Throughout the research it was identified material from different historical periods: contemporary, modern, medieval and ancient. Surprisingly, the Archeologists found an exceptional number of ceramic pieces from the Iberian period

An Iberian rural settlement in the winery.

Among the recovered pieces, there are four special ones belonging to a deep bowl, two jars and an amphora. This type of containers allows Archaeologists to admit that the Iberian site was a rural settlement from the Iberian Cosetania period of the 4th and 3rd centuries Before Christ (BF). These three elements are directly related to the cultivation, storage and consumption of cereals and wine in the bank of the river Bitlles, where Heredad Segura Viudas is located. That was also a strategic location for commerce in the Iberian period, as the river acted as a natural path between the urban areas of Sant Pere de Riudebitlles and Sant Sadurní d’Anoia, and very much close to Via Heraclea, where the Romans built Via Augusta.