1st - 6th century AD

Wall and domus with peristyle (Rua dos Bacalhoeiros, 16-16D)

During recovery of a building and conversion into a hotel, a segment was identified of a 20-foot wide Roman wall of the late period, with an east-west bearing. The exterior side of the wall was amde of large
ashlars
, while the interior was built with stones of variable size, distributed arbitrarily. There are also remains of a gated interior terrace, indicated by a robust tank and coated in
opus signinum
, with corner columns (two lioz bases, possibly of
Corinthian
order, remain in the northeast and southeast corners). The base of the tank was built with large rectangular
ashlars
, over which there was a wall of bricks joined and coated with whitish mortar. Along the tank's exterior, circulation was upon pavement built with
lateres
and
tegulae
. This evidence suggests a
domus
with
peristyle
.
Not visible | Virtual tour

Typology

City | Urbs, House | Domus, Wall

Archeological interventions

2016-2017

Suggested reading

Pinheiro, H.; Santos, R.; Rebelo, P. (2017) - Contextos romanos identificados na Frente Ribeirinha de Lisboa. In Arnaud, J. M.; Martins, A., coord. - Arqueologia em Portugal: 2017 - Estado da Questão. Lisboa: Associação dos Arqueólogos Portugueses, pp. 1293-1304.

Address

Rua dos Bacalhoeiros, 16-16D, Lisboa

Identification code​

LxR1106013