terça-feira, 23 de agosto de 2011

Vila romana de Borg

A vila romana de Borg fica pertíssimo da fronteira entre o Luxemburgo e a Alemanha, perto da aldeia de Borg, é necessário percorrer uma estrada secundária, bem estreita como as nossas, mas de poucos buracos... Passear até lá é como conhecer o campo deste país (fiquei até a saber que os alemães pagam para colher morangos, como uma forma de se divertirem!).
Toda a vila está vedada. Estaciona-se o carro, anda-se um pouco a pé, e após passar a recepção e pagar o bilhete, descobre-se uma vila rural cheia de comodidades! Quem quiser, até pode comer petiscos deste tempo! Ou apenas passear ao pé do lago, no jardim ou na horta! Os romanos sabiam bem gozar a vida...


It stands on the original foundations, and today probably looks much as it did during the 2nd and 3rd century AD. The interior has been designed to meet contemporary requirements and accommodates the ticket office, museum shop and administrative offices.



More than 100 years ago, a teacher called Johann Schneider discovered traces of a Roman settlement between Borg and Oberleuken and carried out the first small-scale excavations. Since 1 April 1987, the cultural foundation for the district of Merzig-Wadern in collaboration with the state conservation office, the public employment service and the municipality of Perl, have all been involved in the scientific excavation of a Roman villa in Borg.

It has emerged that the site hides the remains of one of the largest Roman villa complexes in the Mosel- ar region, and in 1994 the decision was taken to reconstruct the entire site in line with the discoveries made during excavation work and current knowledge of Roman villas. Since then, the villa baths, the tavern, the manor with a museum section, the courtyard, the residential building and workshop area, and the gatehouse have all been rebuilt. The ongoing nature of the work means that the appearance of the complex changes almost daily. Excavation work on the site, which covers an area of more than 7.5 hectares, also continues, and currently the Roman kitchen is being reconstructed.

In the tavern of the Roman villa, our chefs prepare Roman specialities based on recipes drawn up by the gourmet Marcus Gavius Apicius. Both the tavern and the "Great Hall" with its unique atmosphere are ideal for festivities involving up to 120 people. Only the outside appearance of the reconstructed residential building and workshop area is similar to its ancient predecessor.
In June 2000 the villa complex was expanded in the wake of the EU project "Gardens without Limits". Six gardens were created on the complex site: the courtyard garden, the herb garden, the rose room, the fruit garden, the vegetable garden and the flower garden. The scent of roses, herbs and flowers and the sight of the box treelined courtyard with the pool in the middle all hint at past splendour. At the Roman Villa Borg the ancient garden world of the Romans is brought back to life.

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