Gets up again open to the Roman villa of Patti Marina in the Messina area. The archaeological site, which houses the exceptional finds of a suburban home of the Roman era, will be reopened to the public Tuesday 17 June After about four months of closing to allow the execution of some important maintenance works. This is announced by the leaders of the Archaeological Park of Tindari.
The Roman Villa will be regularly reopened for public use from Tuesday to Sundayincluding holidays, in the time slot 9 – 19. The only exception is the antiquarium, still affected by some works that will determine its closure to the public still for a short period. Built at the beginning of the 4th century. DC on the remains of a pre-existing housing complex, the villa, discovered in 1973 during the construction of the Messina-Palermo motorway, is located north of the hills on which the modern city of Patti stands.
The main nucleus of the complex is set to a large quadrangular peristyle around which private, living/reception, representation and service environments develop. The peristyle, enriched by a quadriportic and decorated with a polychrome pavement mosaic consisting of squares delimited by laurel festoons, broken braids and meanders, opens on a central courtyard used as a garden. To the south of the peristyle, a large triabsidate room develops (Tricliniium) whose importance is underlined by the decorative articulation of the pavement mosaic. The villa was also equipped with a thermal building, of which the floors equipped with Suspensurae, a praefurnium, canalization works and bathtubs for the bathroom are visible.