{"id":483,"date":"2023-06-12T04:48:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T04:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roteirosarqueologicosdoalentejo.uevora.pt\/?p=483"},"modified":"2023-11-28T18:00:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T18:00:31","slug":"villa-romana-de-torre-de-palma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roteirosarqueologicosdoalentejo.uevora.pt\/en\/villa-romana-de-torre-de-palma\/","title":{"rendered":"The Roman Villa of Torre de Palma"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Roman Villa of Torre de Palma<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The site of the Roman Villa of Torre de Palma was first occupied during the Iron Age, between the late 7th century B.C. and the early 5th century B.C., when an incineration necropolis was installed here, and possibly some domestic structures.<\/p>

A sizeable agricultural estate appeared in the Roman era. Its ruins now extend over 13,000 square meters and are divided by a small watercourse. It was an imposing villa with several construction and occupation phases, chronologically framed between the 1st and the 7th century A.D. This villa\u2019s residential area (pars urbana<\/i>) is organised around a peristylium<\/i> (inner courtyard) with a rectangular plan, with accesses to several rooms, many of which are paved with high-quality mosaics. The triclinium<\/i> (banquet hall) was decorated with a mosaic featuring a mythological scene (Mosaic of the Muse). The living room, or reception room, had a triple apse and a mosaic showing five horses, which may be related to horse breeding by the estate owners and\/or their importance in sports. Both the Mosaic of the Muses and the Mosaic of the Horses are currently displayed in the National Archaeology Museum in Lisbon. The bath complex is located at the East and West ends of the villa and preserves traces of several compartments and piping systems. This villa\u2019s pars rustica<\/i>, the area dedicated to agricultural and animal breeding, is quite large, with many identified functional areas (olive oil and wine presses, forges), storage facilities, and rooms for servants and enslaved people.<\/p>

In the late 4th\/early 5th century A.D., a Paleo-Christian Basilica was built to the North of the Villa of Torre de Palma over one of the necropolises of the High Roman Empire. It had a rectangular plant, three aisles, a monumental Baptistery with a two-cross plan paved in marble, and an adjoining building (monastery or ecclesiastic school). Funerary areas appeared around this space of religious worship, stating the profound religious and ritual transformations that occurred during the Late Antiquity\/High Middle Ages.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Roman Villa of Torre de Palma has a Reception and Interpretation Centre. It is located near the archaeological site's entrance and can be visited by people with reduced mobility (wheelchairs and baby strollers).<\/p>\n

Access is made through EN. 369, from Monforte to Vaiamonte, in Herdade de Torre de Palma, approximately 5 Km from Monforte, to the left.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Adults \u2013 2\u20ac<\/p>\n

Seniors, disabled people, Youth Card, and Student Card \u2013 1.5\u20ac<\/p>\n

Children under 12 \u2013 Free<\/p>\n

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Guided tours are available. They must be BOOKED IN ADVANCE, depend on service availability, and cost 1\u20ac per person (plus the ticket). To book this service, contact one of these services:<\/p>

Monforte Tourism Office: 245 578 067<\/p>

Tourism Service of the Monforte Municipality: 245 578 060<\/p>

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