Historical place profile

Santa Maria Nova

A multi-period site with medieval and modern remains atop Roman levels, including a medieval farmhouse built atop a Roman cistern. Excavations revealed multi-phase evidence, including a bath building decorated with mosaics. The structures may have been related to the nearby Villa dei Quintilli.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:587082457
Catalogue ID
pleiades:587082457
Place type
bath, settlement
Coordinates
41.829971, 12.546810
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

A multi-period site with medieval and modern remains atop Roman levels, including a medieval farmhouse built atop a Roman cistern. Excavations revealed multi-phase evidence, including a bath building decorated with mosaics. The structures may have been related to the nearby Villa dei Quintilli.

Geographic evidence

The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.

Provenance: Pleiades

Source and reuse

This profile derives from the Pleiades current GIS record, licensed CC BY 3.0. Pleiades place record The profile preserves the source name, point, type, description, precision and provenance without silently adding a boundary reconstruction.

Research path

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