Villa of Milreu
Name of structure: | Villa of Milreu |
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Type of structure: | House |
Country or main area: | Portugal |
Region within country or main area: | Algarve |
City or area within region: | Estoi, approx 10k north of Faro |
Date of structure: | The ruins on the site date from first to sixth century AD. Most of present ruins are third and fourth century and temple belongs to fourth century AD. |
Century of structure 1: | 3 AD |
Century of structure 2: | 4 AD |
Specific place of mosaic: | Plunge in baths Walls in temple |
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Walls of plunge decorated with marine life Temple has frieze of aquatic divinities |
Date of mosaic: | Third to fourth century |
Century of mosaic 1: | 3 AD |
Century of mosaic 2: | 4 AD |
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Excavation and restoration campaigns: | Site excavated in 1877 by Estacia da Veiga |
Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 174-5 |
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