Archeological Park Guide
Welcome to the Archeological Park of San Vincenzino
The Roman Villa of San Vincenzino is an astounding example of a large patrician villa (approximately 7000 square meters), divided in sections each of which of different use – from the residential rooms to the part devoted to the economic production – and it has experienced ongoing remodeling throughout its long life (from 1st century BC to 5th century AD. approximately). It stands on a rise once called “Poggetto al Fico”, on the left bench of the river Cecina not far from the sea. The residential complex was built in such a way as to constitute a pleasant place to stay …
Between the end of the 2 nd and 3 rd centuries AD, contemporary with the summer triclinium(dining room) and the monumental fountain in the center of the garden…
Originally (approximately 30 BC – 70 BC) here stood the residential quarters of the villa. Between the end of 1 st century and the beginning of the 2 nd century AD…
At the center of the garden in the large colonnaded peristyle are the remains of a fountain. It was built in a secondary phase of improvement of the villa (late …
In the first phase of the villa (50-30 BC) in front of you there was an atrium (about 100 square meters). In the center of the atrium, as often happened in Roman villas, there …
The first architectonical intervention on the villa was the building of a big underground cistern for the collection of rainy water with a provision tunnel and a series …