The so-called Monumental Park is a vast area of great scenic value within which recent excavations carried out on the top of the hill have brought to light part of a Roman villa from the Republican era. The oldest buildings are made in pseudo-polygonal masonry, consisting of large blocks of tuff, and probably belong to a basis villae from the 2nd century BC. On the remains of these structures, possibly destroyed by fire, a large villa was subsequently built, extending northwards along the ridge of the hill. In this area, the residential complex shows remains of rooms and wall structures with traces of plaster, doors, and splayed windows, suggesting that it was an open portico overlooking the gulf panorama. On the west side, at a lower level, there are a series of parallel halls built in opus reticulatum, with barrel vaults and a north-south orientation. On the east side, residential rooms were also present, arranged on terraces, one of which contains a part of a wall decoration in the so-called 2nd Pompeian style with architectural motifs. In a further building phase, the rooms were transformed and cisterns were constructed on the north, south, and east sides, featuring a cocciopesto floor coating with mosaic inserts and a border at the base. In the Severan era, the complex expanded westward with retaining structures made in opus coementicium.
Information about Monumental Park of Baia
Via Bellavista, 37
80070 Bacoli (Naples)
0818041349 – 0818040430
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Source: MIBACT
