Cantabrian stelae

The Cantabrian stelae are monolithic stone disks of different sizes, whose early precedents were carved in the last centuries before the romanization of Cantabria in northern Iberian Peninsula.

Cantabrian stelae include swastikas, triskeles, crosses, spirals, helixes, warriors or pre-Roman funerary representations among their usual ornamentation.

The Barros stele giant size represents the main difference to the smaller stelae found in other parts of northern Spain.

[2] In the same way, stonemasons and artists from many parts of Cantabria reproduce ancient stelae or create new ones like those, carved in stone or wood, sometimes used as ornaments for new constructions.

Similarly stelae reproductions, in wood or metal, are commonly found in pendants and small figures, all of which give an idea of the importance as a Cantabrian symbol.

Cantabrian stele of Barros ( Cantabria ). Carved in sandstone and over a pier base, its dimensions are 1.70 m in diameter and 0.32 m thick.
The coat of arms of Cantabria shows in field gules, a disc-shaped stele with geometric ornaments of the kind of the Cantabrian stelae of Barros or Lombera.
The Lábaru is a modern interpretation of an ancient military standard called Cantabrum and based in the design of the Barros Cantabrian Stelae.