Villa at Vilarenc

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Dates

first century BCE to 3rd century CE

Excavation Dates

unspecified

Garden Description

The villa dates from the first century BCE to the third century CE when it was transformed into a bath complex. It was partially reclaimed as a villa in late Roman and Medieval times. The excavators identified one of the rooms as a garden (Fig. 1, a) because of a fountain at its south side; however, other scholars, such as Fernández Castro, doubt this identification.

Plans

Plan of Vilarenc

Credit: Gorges Planche LXX

Bibliography

J.G. Gorges, Les villas hispano-romaines: inventaire et problématique archéologiques. Centre Pierre Paris, París, 1979, 410-11 (worldcat)
M.ª C. Fernández Castro, Villas romanas en Hispania. Madrid, 1982, 269. (worldcat)

Keywords

villas (AAT:300005517)
water baths (AAT:300248755)
fountains (AAT:300006179)

Places

Vilarenc (Pleiades:789886461)

Calafell on Gardens of the Roman Empire