Roman
villa located on one of the valley slopes of a small tributary of the Lage stream, in an area of abundant water resources and potential for agriculture.
The area was occupied since the Neolithic-Chalcolithic (as evidenced by the presence of ceramics with campaniform decoration) until the modern age, with a particularly well-characterized Roman period. Archaeological work has identified the
pars urbana of a
peristyle villa, which preserves some compartments paved with multi-coloured mosaic. The
pars urbana was associated with the proprietor's
baths, with three areas for
baths at different temperatures (
frigidarium,
tepidarium and
caldarium). Another building with the same function, but larger, was found in the
villa's south edge. Planned as a second
baths complex, it was never finished, having afterwards been converted for dyeing and washing clothes.
The area associated with agricultural production (
pars fructuaria) is characterized by two large structures: the granary, located to the north of the second
baths, and the mill (possibly for olives), to the east of the manor house.
Pars fructuaria structures were also identified, possibly used for housing for the
villa's workers.
On the facing shore of the stream, to the southeast, an area of the
necropolis was identified with
cremation tombs, corresponding to the first stage of Roman occupation of the site, and
inhumation tombs, from a later period. Child burials were also identified in the constructed area of the
villa, namely in the area of the northern mill, after its use was abandoned.