Villa San Marco

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Villa San Marco is a large, well-preserved ancient Roman seaside villa near Stabiae in southern Italy, renowned for its elaborate frescoes, gardens, and baths buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

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Label Occurrences
Villa San Marco canonical 3
Villa Regina 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman villa
archaeological site
associatedWith Roman elite of Stabiae
builtInPeriod late Republican period
burialYear 79 AD
buriedBy eruption of Mount Vesuvius
country Italy
excavatedBy Bourbon excavations of Stabiae
excavationBegan 18th century
floorArea approximately 11,000 square meters
function elite residential villa
seaside retreat
hasArtStyle Fourth Style Roman wall painting
Second Style Roman wall painting
hasDecoration architectural illusionistic frescoes
mythological fresco scenes
hasFeature bath complex
colonnaded porticoes
elaborate frescoes
gardens
large swimming pool
peristyle courtyard
private baths
triclinium
view terraces
hasRoomType atrium
cubicula (bedrooms)
dining rooms
tablinum
heritageStatus important site of the ancient city of Stabiae
knownFor luxurious residential architecture
seaside location
well-preserved wall paintings
locatedIn Campania
Stabiae
southern Italy
linked to: Southern Italy
managedBy Italian archaeological authorities
near Castellammare di Stabia
linked to: Stabiae

Pompeii
Villa Arianna
openToPublic yes
overlooks Bay of Naples
linked to: Gulf of Naples
partOf Vesuvian archaeological sites
preservationCause volcanic ash and pumice
reexcavatedIn 20th century
timePeriod Roman Empire
late Roman Republic
linked to: Late Roman Republic
usedUntil 79 AD

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stabiae hasArchaeologicalSite Villa San Marco
Boscoreale hasSite Villa Regina
linked to: Villa San Marco
Second Complex of Villa Arianna near Villa San Marco
Villa Arianna nearbySite Villa San Marco