Carroll, M. (2026). "Rural Villa in Winden Am See." Gardens of the Roman Empire, accessed October 2, 2026. https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/ef01be796c/

Rural Villa in Winden Am See

Contributors: June Dorsch, Keith Jenkins
Published: 2026-10-01
Last modified: 2026-10-02

Dates

100 CE to 4th century CE

Garden Description

The modest house of this villa rustica is of the so-called corridor type, a type common in the region and already seen at Carnuntum (Fig. 1). It was built around 100 CE and occupied until the 4th century.

On the southeast of the house was a vestibule, from which a central corridor departed at a 90 degree angle. This corridor divided the house into two parts of equal width. Two walls at right angles to the house at the northeast enclosed an area in which the excavators found "fine garden soil." This observation allows the reconstruction of a garden, probably a kitchen garden, next to the house (G in Fig. 1).

Bibliography

  • E.B. Thomas, Römische Villen in Pannonien, Budapest, 1964, pp. 201-210, figs. 107-10. (worldcat)
  • A. Mócsy, Pannonia and Upper Moesia. A History of the Middle Danube Provinces of the Roman Empire, London, 1974, p. 173, fig. 32. (worldcat)

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