The restoration of the ancient villa "Armira" goes on schedule
Scheduled to perform all construction and repair works on the project "Ancient villa" Armira ", funded by the Operational Program" Regional Development "2007 - 2013, co-financed by the European Union through ERDF and the national budget of the Republic of Bulgaria. Finished is preparation for landscaping, outside stonework. Performed is installation of windows and thermal panels. All preparatory activities by the restorers have been completed and the team began work in the field.
The total project cost is 1 771 594.68 lev, and its implementation is an extension of the US-led Municipality Ivaylovgrad policy term planning. Successful implementation of the project will develop the competitiveness of natural, cultural and historical attractions and related infrastructure in the municipality, which will help to transform the region into a popular tourist destination.
Villa "Armira" is a unique example of Roman provincial art and architecture in the Balkans of global significance. Its planning scheme, lavish marble decoration and original mosaics (over 400 square meters and nearly 3,000 marble fragments), make it the richest discovered in our land private palace, from the beginning of the millennium. It was built in the second half of the I century AD. It was built by a prominent Thracian aristocrat, as the center of a large plot of possession in the valley of the Armira river. An area of 3,600 square meters, in a beautiful garden, has seen impressive two-storey building with a panoramic terrace, indoor and outdoor pools and a significant number of different areas. The villa is only one in which are found all known varieties of the swastika, an ancient Sanskrit symbol of happiness and luck. "Wired" existed until the IV century AD, when it was burned down after the battle of Handrianopol (now Edirne, Turkey).
With the variety and quality of the marble decoration, villa "wired" to this day remains the only such monument in the territory of the former Roman provinces in the Balkans.
Source: http://bg-daily-news.eu
(25.07.2013)