Almon, C. (2026). "Villa of Santa Lucia." Gardens of the Roman Empire, accessed October 2, 2026. https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/f7d0a15e30/

Villa of Santa Lucia

Published: 2026-10-01
Last modified: 2026-10-01

Dates

fourth century CE

Excavation Dates

1968 to 1972

Garden Description

Excavation in 1968-1972 at this site, which has been reburied, revealed over half the area of a large, fourth century villa, laid out around a central peristyle garden (31.2 x 28.8 m). The excavations exposed the western half of the site while samples and trenches established the broad outlines of the eastern half. The oecus on the north side had a good view of the garden. Directly across from it were double-horseshoe-shaped baths on the south. Though mosaics are few, other finds indicate that the villa saw an intense and brilliant use during the fourth century and into the fifth, when there are signs of remodelling. The villa was briefly abandoned in Visigoth times, the in the mid-third century used as a necropolis.

Bibliography

  • M.ª Lucas and V. Viñas, "La villa romana de Aguilafuente (Segovia)," in Symposium de arqueología romana, Segovia y la arqueología romana. Publicaciones eventuales 27, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, 1977, pp. 239-255.(worldcat)
  • M.ª C. Fernández Castro, Las villas romanas en Hispania, Madrid, 1986. (worldcat)
  • J.G. Gorges, Les villas hispano-romaines: inventaire et problématique archéologiques. Centre Pierre Paris, París, 1979, pp. 355. (worldcat)

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