Archaeological site
VILLA ROMANA E ANTIQUARIUM DI DESENZANO DEL GARDA
Desenzano del Garda (BS)
included The Villa Romana in Desenzano del Garda is the most important archaeological evidence of the great late antique villae in northern Italy. The remains, discovered between 1921 and 1923, can be dated to several phases between the end of the 1st century B.C. and the 5th century A.D. and are distinguished by the exceptional mosaic pavements.
The Villa Romana in Desenzano, which came to light in 1921, is the most important testimony in northern Italy of the great late antique villas. Built at the end of the 1st century BC, the villa overlooked the lake with piers, moorings and possibly fish farms. The more than 240 square metres of exquisite polychrome mosaics depict scenes with cupids harvesting grapes or on chariots racing, maenads and satyrs, wild animals, allegories. It is possible that the owner was Flavius Magnus Decentius, brother of the emperor Magnentius, hence the present name of the city.
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