Villa el Santiscal
Name of Building
Villa el Santiscal
Town or City, Country where the building was originally established
Hispania Baetica, Arcos de la Frontera
Date the building was designed and/or first built
unspecified
Culturally Specific Time Period
Roman Empire
Architectural Type
Garden
Building Description
This rich country villa on the left bank of the Guadalete River was begun in the first century and continued in use through the fourth century with its heyday in the third century AD. Figured mosaics found in the nineteenth century are now lost. Partial excavations around 1965 disclosed a villa built around a central peristyle (14 x 10 m) with a garden in the center. A rill pool ran around the outside of the garden. On each side there was a fountain and semicircular extension of the pool into the planting area of the garden.
Student First and Last Name
Alyson Schruefer
Citation
“Villa el Santiscal,” World Architecture, accessed June 28, 2026, https://www.worldarchitecture.artinterp2.org/items/show/120.
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