DRAFT

Villa de Benicató

Contributor: Xingjian Wang

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Published: 2021-04-21

Modified: 2025-06-29

Province

Castellón

Monte Castellone 2 Pleiades: 432947

Location

Garden

Villa de Benicató

Keywords

Garden Description

The first finds go back to 1883. Part of the site was acquired by the provincial government in 1954 and archaeological work was begun the next year, but the reports remain unpublished. The villa from the middle of the 2nd century evolved around a peristyle garden with a large circular pool, 7.6 meters in inside diameter, in the middle. A paved corridor led to the pool from the north gallery of the peristyle. There were baths and two rooms with mosaic floors. Most rooms, however, had floors of hammered earth.

Plans

Plan of Villa de Benicató at Nules, Castellón Province, Spain — Fig. 1: Plan of the Villa de Benicto.
Credit: Adapted from Gorges, Planche XXXIV.

Images

Bibliography

F. Gusi and C. Olaria : La villa romana de Benicató (Nules, Castellón). Cuadernos de Prehistoria y, Arqueología Castellonenses, 4, (1996) pp. 101-144. (worldcat)

Places

Pujol de Benicató Pleiades: 266010