Torres Novas

TORRES NOVAS Ribatejo, Portugal.

One of the most important villas in Portugal is ca. 2 km from this village. Partial excavations have uncovered ca. 350 sq. m of mosaics, for the most part with polychrome geometric designs. One of them, from the 4th c. A.D., has an inscription, VIVENTES CARDILIUM ET AVITAM FELIX TURRE, in a panel with two portraits which perhaps represent the owners.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

A. do Paço, “Mosaicos romanos de la ‘villa de Cardilius’ en Torres Novas (Portugal),” Archivo Español de Arqueologia 37 (1964) 81-87PI.

J. ALARCÃO