Settefinestre
Museo archeologico di Rosignano Marittimo, reconstruction of the villa | |
| Region | Tuscany |
|---|---|
| Type | villa and estate |
| History | |
| Founded | 1st century BC |
| Periods | Roman Republic Roman Empire |
| Site notes | |
| Archaeologists | Andrea Carandini |
Settefinestre is best known for the site of late Republican Roman slave-run villa that was excavated in 1976–81. It lies between Capalbio and Orbetello in Tuscany, Italy.
It was one of the first large Roman villas to be excavated and thoroughly published, and the exemplary archaeological excavations were a starting point for the new phase of science-supported field archaeology in Italy that led to a more detailed study of the occupation history of the Roman countryside and moves beyond the antiquarian tradition of villa-studies.
It is also important as an example of the villas described in the ancient texts of Varro and Columella.