House of Mosaics

Ask for English movie

The museum is just one level below the street and it is free. It has a movie that shows the old Roman villa as it was unearthed and explains why it is there. It runs about every 15 minutes. Usually ru...

Small but worth going downstairs for

Very interesting museum. The young man on duty managed to explain everything to me in English. Amazing that this is only a small part of what must be under many of the streets of Lugo. Free entry.

Great Roman museum in the heart of the ancient city

This is right in the heart of Lugo and you really could walk right past without knowing that under your feet is this wonderfully preserved floor of an important Roman villa. The guide was brilliant, e...

Remains of Roman mosaics

This small free site is situated under a shopping street. You go down stairs and can see (in a fairly dark environment) the mosaics. As the mosaics are raised from the floor and the ceiling is low, yo...

Wonderful excavation of Roman mosaics

The excavations have uncovered the mosaic floor of a Roman house dating from the late 3rd or early 4th century. This what is called a 'domus', which was the type of house occupied by the upper classes...