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Vila CardÃlio
The Roman ruins of Villa Cardillio ( pt, Ruinas romanas de Vila CardÃlio) is an archaeological site located in central Portugal. Situated in the rural freguesia, civil parish of Santa Maria (Torres Novas), Santa Maria, it is located approximately 3 km from the centre of the municipal seat of Torres Novas Municipality, Torres Novas. Receiving its name from a mosaic pavement onsite, the specific translation of piece is still unclear, but assumed that the site was owned by a couple. The ruins were first excavated in 1962, yielding hundreds of coins and well as ceramics, bronze works, Assyrian and Egyptian glass works. Also revealed were some jewellery and a statue of Eros. History The first construction of this "villa" occurred in the first century, of which only remains the primitive atrium and the remains of the thermal baths (which later adapted into the successive infrastructures). Vila CadÃlio's second phase occurred of around the 4th century, being the property of Cardà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torres Novas Municipality
Torres Novas () is a Portuguese municipality in the district of Santarém, in the Médio Tejo of the Centro region. The population of the municipality was approximately 36,717 (from the 2011 census), with the city of Torres Novas (seat of the municipality) has about 15,000 inhabitants in an area that encompasses . History Pre-Monarchy The earliest sign of human life in the Portuguese territory is the 400,000 year old skull discovered at the Cave of Aroeira in 2017. The territory of Torres Novas was settled as early as the Paelothic in areas situated along the margins of the karstic network of the River Almonda, such as the grottos in Buraca da Moura, Buraca da Oliveira and Lapa da Bugalheira. During the primordial period before Roman occupation, there were various ''villae'' that were populated in the region. Vila CardÃlio, a Luso-Roman settlement was occupied in the first or second century A.D. In it, archaeologists discovered coloured mosaics, coins, sculptures and La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
