Roman villa of Caddeddi (Noto, Italy)

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The Villa of Caddeddi, in the territory of Noto (Siracusa) is located on the south bank of the Tellaro river, about 3km from its mouth. The site, interpreted as a rural luxury residence dated to the 4th-5th century CE, was first discovered in 1972 and intermittently investigated in the subsequent decades and mostly studied from the perspectives of the splendid mosaic floors there uncovered. The excavated structure accounts for just a portion of the complex, which is partially covered by an 18th-19th century farmhouse. After a long period of neglect, the villa has been recently restored and opened to the public and become subject of new studies by the University of South Florida’s Institute for Digital Exploration (IDEx) which since 2019 has undertaken, in partnership with the Parco archeologico di Siracusa, Eloro, villa del Tellaro e Akrai, Siracusa, a remote sensing research project for the reassessment of the archaeological complex.

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