The park is situated in an attractive garden in San Vincenzino, where a Roman villa built on the villa urbana model,
with rooms opening onto gardens and porticos, has been unearthed.
Building of the villa began in the second half of the 1st century BC; it was equipped with a complex water system
consisting of a series of ducts through which water filtered and was collected in a large underground cistern
(open to visitors).
During the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD, thermal baths and a summer triclinium (dining room) adorned with a
fountain were built.
Part of the elegant dwelling house was occupied by equipment for oil production in the 3rd and 4th centuries.
The villa was progressively abandoned during the 5th century
In the 7th – early 8th century, the area around the villa was occupied by a vast necropolis for poor
burials in graves that were sometimes lined with slabs of stone.
The archaeological park also has an interesting display of artefacts (architectural material, earthenware
pottery, coins, and various utensils) from the villa, found during excavations.
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