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  • Roman villa unearthed in Budapest's District III

    10/08/2008 6:00:16 PM PDT · by BGHater · 3 replies · 436+ views
    All Hungary News ^ | 06 Oct 2008 | All Hungary News
    One of the earliest villas in Budapest is being excavated at Bécsi út 262 (District III), reports the Budapest History Museum. The site is of special importance, as it fits well into the line of villas previously found in the area, providing more information on the location and extension of villa farms around Aquincum, wrote Krisztián Anderkó, the archaeologist leading the excavations, on the museum's website. Ruins of the Roman building complex were discovered following several months of excavation work at a plot destined to become a hypermarket. The Office of Cultural Heritage had ordered the excavation to be carried...