The villa with peristyle

The villa with peristyle was in the  central position in Mediana. Being located in the valley, the villa comprised an area of about 6.000m2 (98,6x63m) and included thermae on the west side and a smaller nymphaeum on the east side. The longitudinal axis of the villa was in the north-south direction. The whole northern part was heated. The villa was luxuriously decorated, to which testify the marble columns, basis and capitals of different sizes, reliefs on pilaster capitals and parapet slabs, the remains of wall covering of expensive, multicolored marble, frescoes, etc. The mosaic floors that covered the whole of the peristyle porch (450m2) and the audience room have been well preserved. The porch mosaics are geometrical. Figural mosaics are at the entrance of the audience room. The middle part of the audience hall is covered with a broad rectangular field with a geometric pattern, done in the manner of the finest artist.

• A - The entrance to the villa
• B - Spacious porch of the peristyle, 3 metres wide, which surrounds the peristyle court (62,2x35,4m) with a row of white marble pillars
  
• C - Cubiculae (rooms) of identical size
• D - A room, 18,6m long and 11,6m wide
• E - A podium, raised 3 steps
• F - Rooms
• G - East of the audience hall is a small nymphaeum; its links to the neighboring rooms remain unknown until now. The central part of this structure is a hexagon (3,2m on the side) with a fountain in the middle, also in the form of hexagon. The lead pipe, used to supply water, can be seen in the middle of the fountain. Smaller spaces surround the hexagon; one of their sides is the polygon of the hexagon. The floor of the nymphaeum is covered with mosaic. The wider outer frame of the hexagon is covered with alternating stylized lotus flowers, and is underlined on the inner side, by a triple border. The lateral spaces about the hexagon are also decorated by mosaic.