Villa Della Palombara
The Villa della Palombara was a large, sumptuous ancient Roman villa. It is now an archaeological site located within the pine forest of Castel Fusano near Ostia (Rome), Ostia, Italy. It originally may have belonged to the famous orator Quintus Hortensius Hortalus, Hortensius (114–50 BC). It would have impressed with its exceptional proportions covering about 4 hectares. It was built on the seashore overlooking the sea, on the ancient Via Severiana between ancient Ostia Antica, Ostia and Laurentum. Due to build up of sand it is now 600m from the beach. The villa was rediscovered in 1713 and erroneously identified with the villa of Pliny the Younger who had a villa nearby at Laurentum described in a letter addressed to his friend Gallus and probably located at Villa Magna. History Excavations have identified 6 building phases from the mid-1st century BC to the beginning of the 3rd century AD. In the first phase (first half 1st c. BC to early 1st c. AD) the villa was built ...
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