Casignana is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Calabria in region of Calabria, Italy and located about 35 km (22 mi) east of Reggio Calabria.
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Coordinates: 38°6′N 16°5′E / 38.100°N 16.083°E | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Calabria |
Metropolitan city | Reggio Calabria |
Frazioni | Bianco, Bovalino, Caraffa del Bianco, San Luca, Sant'Agata del Bianco |
Area | |
• Total | 24.54 km2 (9.47 sq mi) |
Population (2018-01-01)[2] | |
• Total | 742 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
It is best known for the monumental ancient Roman imperial villa at Palazzi di Casignana which can be visited.[3]
It was an extensive luxurious villa maritima located on the seashore and probably on the ancient road linking Locri and Rhegion (Reggio Calabria).[4]
The residential part of the villa has rooms arranged around a large peristyle courtyard. The "room of the four seasons" and apsidal room have mosaic floors.
On the opposite side of the modern road is a richly decorated large private bath complex. Mosaic floors include the frigidarium ("room of the Nereids") dated to the 3rd century which depicts a marine thiasos in large white and green tiles with four female figures riding a lion, a bull, a horse and a tiger terminating in a fish tail. The room has an octagonal plan with four apsidal sides and has two basins for cold water. The calidarium with a hypocaust heating system and clay pipes on the walls, also has an octagonal plan and mosaic flooring in small tiles and must have been covered by a vault. The complex also includes a rectangular hall paved with coloured marble slabs (opus sectile).
There is a monumental nymphaeum with cisterns.
The Roman statio of Altanum was also located at the villa.[5]
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