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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Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)?
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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
See also:
De Alarcão, Portugal Romano (1973), 196, 263, pl 65 and fig 10

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