https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/2eb7e316b0/Recent content in Rielves (Toledo) on Gardens of the Roman EmpireHugoen-usThu, 01 Oct 2026 23:26:11 -0400https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/e1cc46f46d/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/e1cc46f46d/<h2 id="dates">Dates</h2> <p>unspecified</p> <h2 id="excavation-dates">Excavation Dates</h2> <p>unspecified</p> <h2 id="garden-description">Garden Description</h2> <!--TODO: need garden description -- none provided in the docx in Box --> <!-- ## Maps --> <h2 id="plans">Plans</h2> <figure> <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/roman-gardens/gre-images/main/content/place/hispania_tarraconensis/toledo/his_tar_rie_baths_fig1.jpg" alt="Plan of The so-called &#34;Baths&#34; of Rielves at Toledo Province, Spain. The axial plan of this villa and its mosaics are representative of the luxurious villas of the late Imperial period. The semicircular colonnade, which enclosed the garden, was typical of North African villas. The garden may have been watered with run-off from the villa baths. " onclick="fullscreen(this)"> <figcaption> Fig. 1: Plan of the "Baths" of Rielves.</figcaption> </figure> <!-- ## Images --> <!-- ## Dates --> <h2 id="bibliography">Bibliography</h2> <ul> <li>Mª C. Fernández Castro, Las llamadas &quot;Termas&quot; de Rielves (Toledo), in Archivo Español de Arqueología, L-LI. CSIC, Madrid, 1978, pp. 209-251. <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/title/1122498001" target="_blank">(worldcat)</a></li> <li>M.ª C. Fernández Castro, <em>Villas romanas en Hispania</em>, Madrid, 1982, pp. 111, 179, 212, 214-215. <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/title/876519837" target="_blank">(worldcat)</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="keywords">Keywords</h2> <ul> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/search/?q=water baths">water baths</a> (<a class="id" target="_blank" href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300248755" title="Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty)">AAT:300248755</a>) </li> </ul> <h2 id="places">Places</h2> <ul> <li> El Solao (<a class="id" target="_blank" href="https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/266044" title="Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places">Pleiades:266044</a>) </li> </ul> <!-- Is "El Solao" a typo for "El Solado" (~flooring)? Don Pedro Arnal "Descubrimiento de los pavimentos de Rielves", 1788: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=gri.ark:/13960/t82k38f93&seq=7 Article and short video about excavations in 2022 https://www.archeologyworld.es/2022/10/mosaico-rielves-toledo.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmL5EvYhNlY https://www.latribunadetoledo.es/noticia/z562121fd-df4f-b80f-0079e49cbe6f9560/202208/rielves-recuperan-la-villa-romana-el-solado Google Maps has "Villa Romana de El Solado" ~3km south of Rielves, although nothing seems to be visible in the aerial imagery: https://maps.app.goo.gl/rpsEkgSyg5eeHmgR6 -->