The Villa dei Mosaici in Spello is a suburban villa of the imperial age, dating back to the II – III century a.C., features 500 square meters of polychrome mosaics of fine workmanship, belonging to the central body of the building of which 14 different rooms have been found.
The rooms, named according the iconography of their mosaics, feature geometric motifs and figures with scenes of everyday life, animals, allegorical figures, among which stands out the splendid triclinium, the room dedicated to banquets: here the mosaic floor is a hymn to Bacchus, to wine, a product has always been present in the agricultural production of this region, and to the fruits of the earth: in the center of the floor two men are pouring wine, surrounded by allegories of the seasons, animals and symbolic figures, to testify the prosperity of this territory and, consequently, of the unknown owner of the villa.
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The ancient Villa dei Mosaici in Spello
Address: Via Paolina Schicchi Fagotti, 7, 06038
Phone: 0742 301909
Site:
http://www.villadeimosaicidispello.it/Location inserted by
Benedetta Tintillini