 Museo archeologico di Rosignano Marittimo, reconstruction of the villa | |
  Shown within Tuscany | |
| Region | Tuscany |
|---|---|
| Type | villa and estate |
| History | |
| Founded | 1st century BC |
| Periods | Roman Republic Roman Empire |
| Site notes | |
| Archaeologists | Andrea Carandini |
Settefinestre is best known for the site of late Republican Roman slave-run villa that was excavated in 1976-81. It lies between Capalbio and Orbetello in Tuscany, Italy.[1]
It was one of the first large Roman villas to be excavated and thoroughly published, and the exemplary archaeological excavations were a starting point for the new phase of science-supported field archaeology in Italy that led to a more detailed study of the occupation history of the Roman countryside and moves beyond the antiquarian tradition of villa-studies.[2]
It is also important as an example of the villas described in the ancient texts of Varro[3] and Columella.[4]
- ^ Harris, W., DARMC, R. Talbert, S. Gillies, J. Åhlfeldt, J. Becker, T. Elliott (9 October 2020). "Places: 413316 (Settefinestre)". Pleiades. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ 'Stephen L. Dyson, The Roman Countryside. London: Duckworth, 2003. Pp. 128. ISBN 0-7156-3225-6
- ^ Varro, De re rustica I, 194
- ^ Columella, De re rustica, book 1