Rabaçal

Located 12 km from Conimbriga, the Roman Villa of Rabaçal is on a hillside in the parish of Rabaçal, between a wooded ridge and a stream, and is an integral part of the ancient civitas territory, close to the Roman road which connected Olisipo to Bracara Augusta (Lisbon to Braga).

Of this Roman Villa which dates from the 4th century A.D., the pars urbana (residential area), balneum (baths), pars frumentaria (section of the farmyard with a porch), pars rustica (servants' quarters, store houses, workshops) are known.

Highlights:
The figurative motifs of the mosaics and some of the geometrical and plant patterns bear no resemblance to any others yet found in Portugal, together forming a whole new style.