Here is a quick update about the excavations at the Roman Villa in Negrar di Valpolicella (in this post we covered the news).

We were invited to a preview of the excavated archeological area, few hundred meters to the North-east of the Negrar village. A large Roman Villa is placed there, part of a residential and part of a farm with a possible area dedicated to a farm market. Some evidences suggest an established grape growing activity and a crushing and pressing place to produce wine.

Negrar di Valpolicella, 1885: some precious mosaics dating from the end of the 3rd-4th centuries AD are discovered in a vineyard called “Cortesele” and removed to being brought to a museum.
In 1922, excavations by the Superintendence of Verona brought to light part of a Roman villa with mosaic floors of considerable value. Unfortunately, the land’s owner buried the excavation, and the work was interrupted for many years…