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In the sixteenth century the remains of the Roman building were used for a new rural construction, which was used as a cottage until a few decades ago. The preserved rooms of the Roman building are partly attributable to the productive part (pars rustica) of a Roman villa of the late Republican age (II-I sec. a.c.) whose occupation, on the basis of the findings, continued until the late Antique era (VI sec. d.c. approx.). The excavations have allowed the identification of eleven environments, some of which reused over the centuries as stables and deposits, still retain large tracts of the Roman floor in opus spicatum (herringbone); while the Roman walls are even up to 2 meters high and well distinguishable from later additions, they are in opus incertum. In the area destined to the residential uses of the dominus the villa was equipped with a thermal complex of which the dressing room, the boiler room (powered by fire), the underfloor duct for the diffusion of hot air and a cistern remain identifiable. The rustic area (intended for the processing of agricultural products) is evidenced by the remains of a stone mill for the pressing of olives. The archaeological site was excavated in the first decade of 2000, but it has never started a work of musealization of the area, therefore the property is not usable.
