Carroll, M. (2026). "Rural Villa in Ferpicloz." Gardens of the Roman Empire, accessed October 2, 2026. https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/08c7be3e34/

Rural Villa in Ferpicloz

Contributor: June Dorsch
Published: 2026-10-01
Last modified: 2026-10-02

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Garden Description

The house of this villa rustica was of the winged corridor type (A in Fig. 1) with a porticoed facade (Fig. 1). Attached to the eastern end of the house, measuring 37 x 46 meters, was a wall running east-west which has been interpreted as the protective wall of a garden (G in Fig. 1).

Plans

Fig. 1: Plan of the rural villa (A) with a possible garden (G) protected by a wall to the east of the main building. The shoreline of the lake is dotted.
Credit: Adapted from Drack and Fellmann 1988, fig. 369.

Bibliography

  • W. Drack and R. Fellmann, Die Römer in der Schweiz, Stuttgart, 1988, pp. 394-395, fig. 369. (worldcat)
  • R. Fellmann, La Suisse gallo-romaine. Cinq siècles d'histoire, Lausanne, 1992, p. 157, fig. 116.3. (worldcat)

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