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46 - HOUSES OF THE MACCHIOZZO
Description
The Macchiozzo area is located in the Villa area which has never been opened to the public.
Excavations at Columbia University have uncovered a building that does not appear in the antiquarian plans.
The excavation is still ongoing and the results have not yet been published, but it has uncovered some black and white mosaic floors and frescoed walls, and also a collapsed ceiling that will be restored.
Function and meaning
The plan of the building resembles the "standard" ones of the insulae of Ostia, therefore this buildings belonged to the group of secondary buildings of the Villa intended for high-ranking personnel, similar to the Hospitalia.
According to Bombardini and Succi it could have been the home of the administrator who managed the economy of the Villa.
Bibliografia
2018 Bombardini-Succi
Articoli on-line della Columbia University
https://www.italymagazine.com/news/excavations-uncover-five-buildings-garden-hadrians-villa
https://news.columbia.edu/news/excavation-hadrians-villa-uncovers-art-ordinary-spaces
https://www.academia.edu/11164868/Archaeological_excavation_campaign_at_Villa_Adriana_Tivoli_