The ruins of Cerro da Vila are located next to the Marina of Vilamoura, and not far from Quarteira. The ruins are the remnants of a historical villa in the Algarve region.
The Roman ruins are constituted by two residences, baths, necropolis, dams and fish salting stations. Of the two residences and baths, the only remnants are compartmentalized walls, including the impluvium, atrium and tablinum. There exists friezes of marble and fragments painted stucco that decorated the walls, as well as the remains of poly-chromatic mosaic pavements. Two rectangular tanks serve the fish salting "buildings". The necropole, which includes the remains of mausoleums and burial tombs, came much later (and only recently have been unearthed and investigated.
June 16, 2016
The Roman ruins are constituted by two residences, baths, necropolis, dams and fish salting stations. Of the two residences and baths, the only remnants are compartmentalized walls, including the impluvium, atrium and tablinum. There exists friezes of marble and fragments painted stucco that decorated the walls, as well as the remains of poly-chromatic mosaic pavements. Two rectangular tanks serve the fish salting "buildings". The necropole, which includes the remains of mausoleums and burial tombs, came much later (and only recently have been unearthed and investigated.
June 16, 2016
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