Villa de las Musas

Today: Villa romana de Las Musas, Arellano

Place: Las Musas (Arellano)
Kind: Villa
Built: 1st to 5th century
What remains: Site or museum
Visiting: Open to visit · In situ

The villa of Arellano, excavated since 1988, with its owner's quarters, a colonnaded precinct with an altar to Cybele and a stable for the sacrificial cattle, and Roman window grilles that fell in a fire and lay buried under the later villa. Its most famous mosaic, the nine Muses, of the 4th century, was lifted in 1882 and is in the National Archaeological Museum. The site has been laid out for visitors and has been open since 2008.

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