Roman villa of Outeiro de Polima
Roman villa of Outeiro de Polima (Villa Romana de Outeiro de Polima) | |
Ruins (Ruinas) | |
Official name: Villa Romana de Freiria (Outeiro de Polima) | |
Country | Portugal |
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Region | Lisbon |
Subregion | Greater Lisbon |
District | Lisbon |
Municipality | Cascais |
Location | São Domingos de Rana |
Architects | unknown |
Style | Roman |
Material | Granite |
Initiated | 1st-6th Century |
Owner | Portuguese Republic |
For public | Private |
Visitation | Closed |
Easiest access | EM 584 |
Management | Instituto Gestão do Patrimonio Arquitectónico e Arqueológico |
Status | Property of Public Interest |
Listing | Decree 5/2002; Diário da Republica, Série 1B, 42 (19 February 2002) |
The Roman villa of Freiria (Outeiro de Polima) (Portuguese: Ruínas romanas de Freiria (Outeiro de Polima)) is a Roman villa in the civil parish of São Domingos de Rana, in the Portuguese municipality of Cascais, dating from the 1st to 6th centuries AD.
History
The town was constructed during the height of Roman influence within the Iberian peninsula,[1] roughly between 1st and 6th century.
Sometime around 1913, Virgílio Correia discovered the Roman outpost.[1]
New archaeological campaigns were undertaken in 1973, under the direction of archaeologist Guilherme Cardoso, where they discovered a large quantity of artefacts and material.[1]
Architecture
During the archaeological campaigns that occurred in the 20th century, archaeologists delineated various buildings, including: a Domus (with tiled mosaics) and a bath complex, a Villa fructuaria (composed of a barn, mill, and olive oil still), a bread oven, water tank and necropolis. The large barn is similar to Roman villa of Monroy, near Cáceres.
In addition to a solar quadrant found there, there was also a reference to the property-owner, Titus Curiatius Rufinus, in an altar dedicated to Triborunnis.
See also
References
- Notes
- 1 2 3 Rodrigues, Helena (2002), SIPA, ed., Villa Romana de Outeiro de Polima (IPA.00006049/PT031105060073) (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico, retrieved 26 December 2014
- Sources
- Arqueólogo Portugês (in Portuguese), XVIII, 1913, pp. 93–95
External links
- Junta de Freguesia de São Domingos de Rana
- Resolução do Conselho de Ministros n.º 96/1997 de 19 de Junho
- Resolução do Conselho de Ministros n.º 81/2005 de 31 de Março
- Villa Romana de Freiria