Lavra in Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal — Southwestern Europe (Iberian Peninsula)
A Villa Romana do Fontão / The Roman Villa at Fontão
— Matosinhos Mar —
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, September 2, 2023
1. A Villa Romana do Fontão / The Roman Villa at Fontão Marker
A área do Fontão possui dos mais antigos vestígios de povoamento no concelho de Matosinhos. Os restos de um monumento megalítico em Antela, datáveis do 3º milénio a.C. e umas fossas descobertas junto à Igreja Paroquial, atribuídas à Idade do Bronze, atestam da grande antiguidade do local. Aqui existiu também uma villa romana, datável do séculos III-IV d.C., como comprovam abundantes vestígios arqueológicos aqui detetados, incluindo colunas e mosaicos. Este local teve uma grande importância durante o período suévico-visigótico (séculos V-VII d. C.) sendo uma das paróquias citadas no Parochiale suevico. Um documento do final do séc. IX refere-se também à existência de um mosteiro em Lavra, já então de fundação antiga.
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Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers.
Location. 41° 15.438′ N, 8° 43.403′ W. Marker is in Lavra, Porto, in Matosinhos. Marker can be reached from the intersection of Rua Professor Ofélia da Cruz Costa and Rúa da Fontão. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lavra, Porto 4455, Portugal. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Tanques Romanos para Salga de Feixe / Roman Tanks for Fish Salting (approx. half a kilometer away); A Praia dos Pescadores de Angeiras / The Fishermen Beach at Angeiras (approx. 0.7 kilometers away); O Submarino Alemão U1277 / The German Submarine U1277 (approx. one kilometer away); A Recolha do Sargaço / Harvesting Seaweed (approx. 1.1 kilometers away); Gravuras da área de S. Paio / S. Paio Engravings (approx. 2.6 kilometers away); Os penedos amoladoiros / Polishing rocks (approx. 2.7 kilometers away); Ruínas de Habitação / Family House
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, September 2, 2023
2. A Villa Romana do Fontão / The Roman Villa at Fontão Marker - wide view
More about this marker. The marker is on the boardwalk between the street and the beach.
Also see . . . Tanques romanos de Angeiras e Villa do Fontão (Portugal Please).
Excerpt: Between the rear of the parish church of Lavra and the beach are the remains of an important archaeological station, which was the central nucleus of the settlement of this parish during Roman times. It is an old Roman villa. Although this station has not yet had systematic excavations, several elements have occasionally appeared that indicate that there was a relatively important archaeological station here, namely the remains of a mosaic and several ceramics (which were deposited in the 1940s) at the Museu de Etnologia do Port. Other elements have occasionally been collected and are deposited at the Padre Ramos Parish Museum. This place was of great importance during the Suevic-Visigothic period (5th - 7th century AD), evident in the fact that it is one of the parishes mentioned in the Suevic Parochiale and in a document from the end of the 19th century. IX refer to the existence of a monastery in Lavra "with an ancient foundation".(Submitted on October 4, 2023.)
The settlement of this place in the parish is, however, much older, going back to the first prehistoric communities of farmers and shepherds of the 3rd millennium BC, evident in the remains of megalithic monuments identified in the place of Antela. Also in this place, in surveys carried out in 2004 by the Municipal Office of Archeology and History of the Chamber of Matosinhos, traces of a prehistoric village were identified, which were dated approximately between 2500 to 1500 BC.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 4, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 81 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 4, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
