The ancient Villa Armira

Villa Armira the Mosaics 2 scaled

The ancient Villa Armira – it is a 1st-century suburban Roman villa. Villa Armira is one of the largest and most richly decorated Ancient Roman villas excavated in Bulgaria. It features rich marble decoration and complex floor mosaics, some geometric and some depicting animals and plants. 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.