Typ/Type: Zivil - Villa - Villa Urbana / Civil - Villa
Provinz/Province: Italia
Adresse/Address: Via Nereo, Porto Empedocle, Italien
errichtet/built: 50
Untergang/Decline: ?
Roman Villa, Realmonte
Roman villa at Realmonte was discovered in 1907 during construction works for a local railway line. The baths with ornamental mosaics and a peristyle garden with a semicircular fountain with marble were unearthed at the beginning, In 1979-1985 some parts of the villa were unvovered by Japanese archaeologists The recent excavations directed by Dr. Davide Tanasi uncovered walls, floor levels, staircase and water channel.
See:
- Davide Tanasi, Elisa Bonacini, Domenica Gullì: 3D Imaging analysis and digital storytelling for promotion of cultural heritage: the school outreach project of Realmonte (Agrigento, Sicily), 2016
Nearby sites
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Akragas, Acragas
The Lighthouse -
Castle of Arta
Castle of Arta -
Hephaisteion, Akragas
Temple of Hephaestus - Temple of Vulcan - Hephaisteion - Hephesteum - Agrigento -
AKRAGAS aqueduct
AKRAGAS aqueduct
