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The Milreu ruins constitute the most prominent and well preserved evidence of Roman presence in the Algarve. They are mainly composed of the remnants of a once luxurious villa with annexed thermae and several surrounding buildings, including a temple, mausoleum and industrial and commercial structures.[1] The archaeological site still preserves part of the once exuberant mosaics (mostly maritime motifs) that decorated the floor and walls of the villa. A 16th century house is also located in the area, alongside an interpretation centre.[2]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsHistory[edit]Architecture[edit]Interpretative Center[edit]Gallery[edit]References[edit]Notes[edit]Sources[edit]History[edit]The town was first constructed and inhabited in the 1st century,[3] with traces of continuous occupation until the 10th century.[4] Comparable to a large number of rustic villas in Italy and Spain, Milreu distinguished itself as a luxury complex due to its extensive and pompous mosaic decorations, ancient imperial busts, a temple devoted to a water deity, a stunning garden and winery and oil processing mills.  Map of the urban area of Milreu. Description: A – Residencial building; B – Thermae; C – Olive oil mills; D – Wine House; E – Mausoleum; F – Workers’s dwellings; G – Temple; H – Commercial Building; I – Gardened areaThe house was reorganized at the end of the 3rd century around a large central peristyle so that columns surrounded an open courtyard with garden and thermae.[3][4] The 4th century entrance of the villa was monumental, the peristyle and baths having been embellished with mosaics representing marine fauna. To the south stood an imposing building of worship to an aquatic deity, that in the following century would be transformed into a Paleochristan temple.[3][4]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Later excavations emphasized a long tradition of worship in Milreu, demonstrating that after the 6th century the building was transformed into a Christian church; the courtyard was also used as a cemetery during the Muslim occupation.[4] In the first half of the 10th century, the vaults were ruined at the site and the area was abandoned.[4]  German archaeologists during excavations at Milreu in the late 1990s.The construction of the rural house occurred in the 16th century.[3][4]The ruins were discovered in 1877 by Portuguese archaeologist Est\u00e1cio da Veiga. The late-19th-century excavations by da Veiga made it possible to unravel mosaic works that were buried beneath the dwelling, as well as wine-processing facilities.On June the 1st, 1992, the property was placed under the protection of the Instituto Portugu\u00eas do Patrim\u00f3nio Arquitet\u00f3nico (Portuguese Institute for Architectural Patrimony).[3][5] The site was included in the 1999 Programa de Valoriza\u00e7\u00e3o e Divulga\u00e7\u00e3o Tur\u00edstica (Tourism Appreciation and Dissemination Program), as part of the Itiner\u00e1rios Arqueol\u00f3gicos do Alentejo e Algarve project of the Minist\u00e9rio do Com\u00e9rcio e Turismo and Secretaria de Estado da Cultura.[3] On the 23rd of June 2001, a public tender was issued for remodelling the 16th-century rural house, to construct an interpretative centre, which was won by architects Ditza Reis and Pedro Serra Alves.[3] Work on the site included civil construction and electrification, excavation, conservation and restoration of the walls. The site was re-inaugurated on 19 November 2003, with the opening of a permanent exposition.[3]As of 20 December 2007, the property was placed under the authority of the Dire\u00e7\u00e3o Regional da Cultura do Algarve (dispatch 1130\/2007; Di\u00e1rio da Rep\u00fablica, S\u00e9rie II, 245).[3]Architecture[edit]The site is located in an isolated rural area, behind a bridge, west of the cemetery and roadway.[3]The site includes a seigniorial house, organized around a central patio, change rooms in the east, temple in the south and agricultural installations. The central patio consisted of a peristyle with 22 columns.[3] A thermal spa includes a sequence of apodyterium, frigidarium, circular bathing pool, tepidarium and caldarium decorated with mosaics (one with oblong fish designs).[3] The ruins of an aquatic sanctuary include an altar that served as paleo-Christian church, as indicated from the presence of a baptismal pool and a small mausoleum on the patio.[3]Nearby the ruins is the 16th-century rural house, used as an interpretative center, that includes a cylindrical buttresses along the outer corners.[3]Interpretative Center[edit]  The 16th-century rural farmhouse redesigned to act as the interpretative centreGallery[edit]The exposed walls from the buildings in MilreuPossible representation of how the temple looked likeFloor mosaic depicting a squidBust of a woman at Milreu’s interpretation centreTwo standing columns that composed the PeristylesReferences[edit]Notes[edit]^ Rebello, Brito (21 August 1881). “Hemeroteca Municipal de Lisboa. O Occidente: Revista Illustrada de Portugal e do Estrangeiro. Ano IV (96). Lisboa” (PDF) (in Portuguese): 189; 190. Retrieved 22 December 2018. ^ KREMER, Maria de Jesus Duran (April 2012). “Portugal Romano: Revista de Arqueologia Romana”. ISSUU. pp.\u00a081\u201382. Retrieved 22 December 2018.^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Neto, Jo\u00e3o; Gordalina, Ros\u00e1rio (2003),  SIPA (ed.), Ru\u00ednas de Est\u00f3i \/ Ru\u00ednas de Milreu (IPA.00002883\/PT040214040001) (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA \u2013 Sistema de Informa\u00e7\u00e3o para o Patrim\u00f3nio Arquitect\u00f3nico, retrieved 22 August 2018^ a b c d e f IGESPAR, ed. (2011). “Ru\u00ednas de Estoi” (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: IGESPAR-Instituto de Gest\u00e3o do Patrim\u00f3nio Arquitect\u00f3nico e Arqueol\u00f3gico. Retrieved 22 August 2018.^ Decreto-lei 106F\/92 (in Portuguese), Di\u00e1rio da Rep\u00fablica, 1992Sources[edit]Roteiros da Arquelogia portuguesa: Milreu – Ruinen (in German), Lisbon, Portugal: Portugiesisches Institut des arch\u00e4ologischen Patrimoniums, 2002Schattner, Thomas G. (1998), Arch\u00e4ologischer Wegweiser durch Portugal (in Portuguese), Mainz: Philipp von Zabern, pp.\u00a0204\u2013207, ISBN\u00a03-8053-2313-1Teichner, Felix (2008), Zwischen Land und Meer \u2013 Entre tierra y mar. Studien zur Architektur und Wirtschaftsweise l\u00e4ndlicher Siedlungen im S\u00fcden der r\u00f6mischen Provinz Lusitanien (in Portuguese), Stvdia Lvsitana 3 (MNAR) \/ Madrider Beitr. (DAI), ISBN\u00a0978-84-612-7893-0Trillmich, Walter; N\u00fcnnerich-Asmus, Annette (1993), Hispania Antiqua \u2013 Denkm\u00e4ler der R\u00f6merzeit (in German), Mainz: von Zabern, ISBN\u00a03-8053-1547-3Botto, C. Pereira (1898), “Iconografia parcial das constru\u00e7\u00f5es de Milreu”, O Archeologo Portugu\u00eas (in Portuguese), p.\u00a0158Rosa, J. Cunha (1969), Anais do Municipio da Faro (in Portuguese)Veiga, S.P.M. Est\u00e1cio da (1880), A t\u00e1bua de bronze de Aljustrel (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/roman-ruins-of-milreu-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Roman ruins of Milreu – Wikipedia"}}]}]