Villa romana del Casale Aqueduct - Piazza Armerina, Italy
N 37° 21.911 E 014° 20.058
33S E 441052 N 4135592
This is the aqueduct that furnished the water for the thermal baths in the Villa Romana del Casale.
Waymark Code: WMVGNP
Location: Sicilia, Italy
Date Posted: 04/17/2017
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The villa was a single-story building, centered on the peristyle, around which almost all the main public and private rooms were organized. Entrance to the peristyle is via the atrium from the west. Thermal baths are located to the northwest; service rooms and probably guest rooms to the north; private apartments and a huge basilica to the east; and rooms of unknown purpose to the south. Somewhat detached, and appearing almost as an afterthought, is the separate area to the south containing the elliptical peristyle, service rooms, and a huge triclinium (formal dining room).
The villa was constructed (on the remains of an older villa) in the first quarter of the 4th century AD, probably as the center of a huge latifundium (agricultural estate) covering the surrounding area.
When was it built?: 01/01/1000
Related website: Not listed
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