Janus Pannonius Múzeum Évkönyve 30-31 (1985-1986) (Pécs, 1987)

Régészet - Burger, Sz. Alice: The Roman Villa and Mausoleum at Kővágószőlős, near Pécs (Sopianae), Excavations 1977–1982

ROMAN VILLA AND MAUSOLEUM AT KŐVÁGÓSZŐLŐS 67 Fig. 1. Kővágószőlős (Baranya County) map of locality the complete excavation of the entrance, which ran further towards the stream; Fig. 2a—b.) The orientation, the dimensions, the meticulous siting of the rooms apparently mindful of the points of the compass, etc. all indicate that the villa was built according to the wishes of a comfort-loving man of high social standing sometime after the middle of the second century A.D.

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. The following description of the villa, representing the type with peristyle and portico encircling a flagged central courtyard, treats the rooms in turns made up according to their orientations

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. 7 VITRUVIUS, VI. 1- 5. - Villa urbana typ with peristyle and portico. THOMAS in PANNÓNIA 288, 292. 8 The dimensions of all the blocks (I- XXVI) were 10X

10 m. The 50 cm wide remnant walls separating the blocks were demolished during the final preservation.