[1] It is believed that the small village was established by wealthy gentry, supported by the production of wine, grain and oil, in addition to the mining of iron, tin, silver or lead, leading to the construction of rooms, mosaic flooring, baths, mills and ironworks.
[3] Situated halfway down the coast of the small valley, north of the Ribeira de Massueime, this villa was involved in excavations since 2002.
[3] The parcel where it is situated is encountered implanted and delimited in the north and west by property wall, over Roman structures.
The 2006 excavations discovered a large polychromatic figurative mosaic, that represents the god Bacchus travelling around the world, flanked by pather and bacchanal, housed in the 6 square metres (65 sq ft) building.
These types of figures reflect themes that were common mostly in urbanized Roman settlements, but not in interior parts of Portugal.