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Roman Villa of Vilauba

Camós, Pla de l'Estany, Girona

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Roman Villa of Vilauba

Curiosity · Camós, Pla de l'Estany, Girona

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The Roman villa of Vilauba, in Camós (Pla de l'Estany, Girona), lies about three kilometres south of Lake Banyoles. It is a site occupied between the 2nd–1st centuries BC and the 7th century AD, in three phases: the high imperial phase (1st–3rd centuries), the best documented, with a porticoed central courtyard, a residential area to the north and an agricultural one to the south; the late imperial phase (4th–5th centuries), with large wine and oil presses, before a decline in the 5th century; and the Visigothic phase (6th–7th centuries), of reduced occupation but with a residential area larger than expected. It preserves mosaics and structures, bronze figurines from a domestic altar, dining rooms with wall paintings, baths and presses, over more than 2,000 square metres on display. Declared a Bien Cultural de Interés Nacional (Catalonia's highest level of heritage protection) in 2021, it can be visited today with explanatory panels.

Photo: Josep Maria Viñolas Esteva (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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