Archaeological sites
Touch history with your hand
It has abundant rooms whose floor is provided to heat.
Roman Villa of La Tejada
The villa, of the centuries I –IV, was discovered in 1970. Nowadays, a building has been constructed covering all what had already been excavated, and allowing exposing the structures of all the rooms and floors.
It is a villa formed by several rooms and almost all have a mosaic. It is significant the abundance of rooms, whose floor is prepared to heat, with hot air, the floor. It is the precedent of the classic ‘glorias’ (traditional heating system) of Castilla, then called 'hypocaust'.
Historical Data
- Architecture:
- Archaeology site
- Construction:
- Villa
- Predominant styles:
- Classical
- Historical Period:
- Roman
Address
Quintanilla de la Cueza (Cervatos de la Cueza). 34308 Palencia.
Telephone: 650 410 913 / 979 715 100
More information
Ayuntamiento of Cervatos de la Cueza
Municipality of Cervatos de la Cueza. Palencia.
Teléfono: 979 883 006
Email: secretario@cervatosdelacueza.es
Página Web: http://cervatosdelacueza.es
Oficina de Turismo Regional of Palencia
Opening hours
- Winter
- Every day:
- Closed: every day
Tickets
- General: 3 €
- Reduced: 2 €
- Groups: 2 €
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