Roman ruins of Cerro da Vila
Faro, Algarve, Algarve, Portugal | |
| Coordinates | 37°4′47.81″N 8°7′13.82″W / 37.0799472°N 8.1205056°W |
|---|---|
| Altitude | 11 m (36 ft) |
| Type | Ruins |
| Length | 106.97 m (351.0 ft) |
| Width | 146.95 m (482.1 ft) |
| History | |
| Founded | I Century AD |
| Cultures | Roman |
| Site notes | |
| Discovered | 1963 |
| Archaeologists | José Farrajota, José Luís de Matos |
| Ownership | Portuguese Republic |
| Public access | Private Avenida Cerro da Vila, opposite Hotel da Marinha, Vilamoura |
The Roman Ruins of Cerro da Vila are the remnants of a historical villa in the
History
The area around Vilamoura, in which the remains of this Roman villa can be found, has been occupied with human activity for thousands of years.[3] Graves dating back to the Bronze Age were discovered in the municipality in the Casão vineyard.[3]
The Romans were the first to establish a settlement of any size within the locality;
Following its construction, the villa was periodically occupied by
A group of silos from the Moorish period, in the interior of the Roman houses, support continuous occupation after the Romans.It was included in the Programa de Valorização e Divulgação Turística: Itinerários Arqueológicos do Alentejo e Algarve (Touristic Valorization Program) in 1999, by the Ministry of Commerce and Tourism, and the Secretary-of-State for Culture.
Architecture
The ruins are located in a semi-rural area; the archaeological station is situated 1500 metres west of the parish seat in Quarteira.[5]
These are the ruins of Roman villa constituted by two residences (the principal along the harbour), baths, necropolis, dams and fish salting stations.[5] Of the two residences and baths, the only remnants are compartmentalized walls, including the impluvium, atrium and tablinum.[4][5] There exists friezes of marble and fragments of painted stucco that decorated the walls, as well as the remains of poly-chromatic mosaic pavements. Two rectangular tanks serve the fish salting "buildings".[4][5][6] The necropole, which includes the remains of mausoleums and burial tombs, came much later and only recently has been unearthed and investigated.[4][5]
See also
References
- Notes
- ISBN 3-8297-6235-6
- ^ Guide to the cultural heritage of the Algarve (PDF), Algarve, Portugal: Turismo of Portugal
- ^ a b c d e Cerro da Vila Museum and Archaeological Site (2011)
- ^ a b c d e IGESPAR, ed. (2011), Ruínas romanas do Cerro da Vila (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: IGESPAR - Instituto Gestão do Patrimonio Arquitectónico e Arqueológico, retrieved 17 October 2011
- ^ a b c d e f g h Neto, João (1991). SIPA (ed.). "Ruínas Romanas do Cerro da Vila, em Vilamoura" (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico.
- ^ Paço and Farrajota (1966)
- Sources
- Paço, Afonso do; Farrajota, José (1966), "Subsídios para uma carta arqueológica do Concelho de Loulé", Sep. de Arqueologia e História, 8ª série (in Portuguese), vol. XII, Lisbon, Portugal
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Santos, Maria Luísa (1971), Arqueologia Romana do Algarve (in Portuguese), vol. 2, Lisbon, Portugal
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Catarino, Helena Maria Gomes (2002), O Algarve islâmico : roteiro por Faro, Loulé, Silves e Tavira (in Portuguese), Faro, Portugal
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Carrusca, Susana, Loulé. O património artístico (in Portuguese), Loulé, Portugal