The villa dates to the second half of the 1st century AD and originally belonged to a noble of Roman Thrace who is thought to have been the governor of the surrounding area.

The two-storey U-shaped villa spreads over 3,600 square metres (39,000 sq ft) amidst a garden, with an impluvium in the middle.

Villa Armira had 22 separate rooms on the ground floor alone in addition to a panoramic terrace.

The villa's complex floor mosaics display geometric designs and depictions of animals and plants.

[2] The villa itself, with many of the floor mosaics intact, underwent Phare-funded reconstruction and anastylosis and was opened for visitors in 2008.