Domitian's Villa private harbour

A small private harbour on a semi-hidden edge of Paola’s Lake allowed the Emperor who arrived from the sea, to get into the villa. A system of slides in bricks made sure that the Emperor would access the villa without getting wet. Domitian’s Villa ruins and findings give us the opportunity to have a rather good knowledge of the Roman settlements gravitating around the Circeo promontory.

On the banks of the Paola Lake, in Sabaudia, inside a natural reserve (rests of Circe), plunged into a small piece of Mediterranean vegetation, there is one of the most interesting archaeological sites of southern Latium.

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Inside, this ancient Roman villa, similarly to those in the area of Formia and Gaeta enjoyed an in-house Mediterranean garden with a Roman fountain, the nymphaeum, decorated with statues and little, spilling cascades. The villa’s rooms were adorned with frescoes with warm colors.

The ancient multi-color marble floors showed patterns in a style called "opus spicatum", of which it is still possible to admire sections of the originals inside the four ancient arcades.

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