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Roman Villa Borg

Plan

of

the

site

From

the

init

ial f

inds

to t

he r

econ

stru

ctio

n

Mer

cury

with

a c

ock

1G

ateh

ouse

2R

esid

enti

al b

uild

ing

and

wor

ksho

p ar

ea3

Man

or4

Vill

a ba

th5

Tave

rn6

Rom

an k

itch

en7

Gar

dens

1

2

3

457

7

77

6

Entr

ance

Firs

t fou

ndat

ions

of t

he n

ew b

aths

Filig

ree

gold

jew

elle

ry

The

gate

hous

eV

isito

rs e

nter

the

site

of

the

Rom

an V

illa

Bor

g th

roug

hth

e ga

teho

use.

It s

tand

s on

the

orig

inal

foun

datio

ns, a

ndto

day

prob

ably

look

s m

uch

as it

did

dur

ing

the

2nd

and

3rd

cent

ury

AD

. The

inte

rior

has

bee

n de

sign

ed to

mee

tco

ntem

pora

ry re

quire

men

ts a

nd a

ccom

mod

ates

the

ticke

tof

fice,

mus

eum

sho

p an

d ad

min

istr

ativ

e of

fices

.

KulturStiftung Merzig-Wadern

Mor

e th

an 1

00 y

ears

ago

, a

teac

her

call

ed J

ohan

nSc

hnei

der

disc

over

ed t

race

s of

a R

oman

set

tlem

ent

betw

een

Bor

g an

d O

berl

euke

n an

d ca

rrie

d ou

t the

firs

tsm

all-

scal

e ex

cava

tions

. Sin

ce 1

Apr

il 19

87, t

he c

ultu

ral

fou

nd

atio

n f

or

the

dis

tric

t o

f M

erzi

g-W

ader

n i

nco

llabo

ratio

n w

ith th

e st

ate

cons

erva

tion

offic

e, th

e pu

blic

empl

oym

ent s

ervi

ce a

nd th

e m

unic

ipal

ity o

f Per

l, ha

veal

l bee

n in

volv

ed in

the

scie

ntifi

c ex

cava

tion

of a

Rom

anvi

lla in

Bor

g. It

has

em

erge

d th

at th

e si

te h

ides

the

rem

ains

of o

ne o

f the

larg

est R

oman

vill

a co

mpl

exes

in th

e M

osel

-Sa

ar r

egio

n, a

nd i

n 19

94 t

he d

ecis

ion

was

tak

en t

ore

cons

truc

t th

e en

tire

site

in

line

with

the

dis

cove

ries

mad

e du

ring

exc

avat

ion

wor

k an

d cu

rren

t kno

wle

dge

ofR

oman

vill

as. S

ince

then

, the

vill

a ba

ths,

the

tave

rn, t

hem

anor

wit

h a

mus

eum

sec

tion

, th

e co

urty

ard,

the

resi

dent

ial b

uild

ing

and

wor

ksho

p ar

ea, a

nd th

e ga

teho

use

have

all

been

reb

uilt.

The

ong

oing

nat

ure

of t

he w

ork

mea

ns th

at th

e ap

pear

ance

of t

he c

ompl

ex c

hang

es a

lmos

tda

ily. E

xcav

atio

n w

ork

on th

e si

te, w

hich

cov

ers

an a

rea

of m

ore

than

7.5

hec

tare

s, a

lso

cont

inue

s.

Rmische Villa Borg Museum Schloss Fellenberg Burg Montclair

Opening times of the Roman Villa BorgTuesday to Sunday and public holidaysApril - October 11 to 18 hFebruary - March and November - December: 11 to 16 hMondays and from 24.12 to 31.01 - closed

Opening times of the tavernSame opening times as the Roman Villa Borg. Special events (club,office parties, family gatherings) can be held outside official openinghours on request.

Admission pricesAdults ..................................................................................... 4,00Family (two adults with children up to 14 years) ..................... 8,00Children under 6 years ............................................... Free admissionChildren up to 14 years .......................................................... 2,00Groups of 20 or more, per person .......................................... 3,00Schools, flat-rate price for up to 30 people ............................ 35,00Reduced entry price ............................................................... 3,00School children, students, disabled, persons doing military/civilianservice (please bring your ID with you)

Guided tours (by appointment only)Groups of 20 people ............................................. flat rate of 46,00Schools ................................................................. flat rate of 20,00(Special event tours and garden tours available on request.)

Roman Villa BorgIm Meeswald 1, D-66706 Perl-BorgTelephone: +49 (0)6865 9117-0Fax: +49 (0)6865 9117-17Internet: www.villa-borg.deE-mail: info@villa-borg.de

Managed by: Kulturstiftung Merzig-WadernPhotos: Helwin Gtzinger and Villa Borg

Supported by:

June 2012

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The

man

or, t

he m

ain

build

ing

in th

e co

mpl

ex, w

as a

ndis

the

str

uctu

re o

n w

hich

the

ent

ire

vill

a co

mpl

ex i

sfo

cuse

d. L

ike

the

Rom

an V

illa

Nen

nig,

the

rece

ptio

n ha

llha

d a

larg

e m

osai

c flo

or, i

n th

is c

ase

in b

lack

and

whi

te.

The

rem

ains

of a

col

oure

d m

osai

c w

ere

foun

d in

one

of

the

adja

cent

roo

ms.

The

mos

aics

, m

arbl

e, a

nd w

all

com

posi

tions

of

pila

ster

s an

d co

rnic

es a

ll hi

nt a

t th

egr

ande

ur o

f anc

ient

tim

es. T

he p

ictu

resq

ue d

esig

ns s

een

in t

he m

anor

and

bat

hs a

re p

artl

y ba

sed

on o

rigi

nal

arch

aeol

ogic

al f

inds

in

Bor

g, a

nd t

he f

urni

ture

, do

ors,

win

dow

s, h

ot w

ater

boi

ler

in th

e bo

iler

room

, and

man

yof

the

tec

hnic

al d

etai

ls i

nsid

e th

e vi

lla

are

all

exac

tre

prod

uctio

ns o

f the

Rom

an o

rigi

nals

. The

roo

ms

of th

em

anor

are

toda

y us

ed a

s a

mus

eum

, in

whi

ch th

e m

ost

impo

rtan

t fin

ds fr

om B

org

are

disp

laye

d. C

ivil

wed

ding

sar

e al

so h

eld

here

.

The

form

er r

esid

entia

l bui

ldin

g an

d w

orks

hop

area

als

oho

uses

the

med

ia c

entre

, whe

re a

mul

timed

ia p

rese

ntat

ion

trans

ports

vis

itors

bac

k to

the

anci

ent w

orld

of t

he R

oman

s.

The

villa

bat

hs Learn

all

abou

t and

be

impr

esse

dby

the

anc

ient

Rom

an b

aths

. The

villa

bat

hs a

re th

e m

ost i

nter

estin

ghi

stor

ical

par

t of t

he v

illa.

Fro

m th

een

tran

ce a

rea

you

reac

h th

e co

ldba

th w

ith it

s la

rge

pool

. Nex

t to

it-

in l

ine

wit

h a

nci

ent

bat

hin

gcu

sto

ms

- is

th

e va

ult

ed r

oo

mco

ntai

ning

the

hot b

ath.

The

oth

erro

oms

wer

e us

ed fo

r rel

axat

ion

and

conv

ersa

tion.

The

vill

a ba

ths

wer

ehe

ated

usi

ng th

e R

oman

floo

r he

atin

g sy

stem

cal

led

the

hypo

caus

t. Th

e w

ay in

whi

ch a

hyp

ocau

st is

con

stru

cted

is e

xpla

ined

in o

ne o

f the

cor

ners

of t

he ro

om. T

he b

oile

rro

om, w

hich

is lo

cate

d to

the

side

and

whi

ch h

ouse

s th

eho

t w

ater

boi

ler,

can

be r

each

ed t

hrou

gh a

sep

arat

een

tran

ce a

t the

rea

r of

the

build

ing.

The

vill

a ba

ths

with

thei

r Rom

an a

mbi

ence

can

be

hire

d fo

r eve

nts

on re

ques

t.

Rec

epti

on h

all i

n th

e m

anor

In th

e ta

vern

of t

he R

oman

vill

a, o

ur

chef

s p

rep

are

Rom

an s

peci

alit

ies

base

don

reci

pes

draw

n up

by

the

gou

rmet

Mar

cus

Gav

ius

Ap

iciu

s. T

he

men

u a

lso

incl

udes

a w

ide

sele

ctio

n of

regi

onal

dis

hes.

For

a s

mal

lch

arge

you

can

eve

n di

ne i

n a

Rom

an t

unic

. B

oth

the

tave

rn a

nd th

e "G

reat

Hal

l" w

ith it

s un

ique

atm

osph

ere

are

idea

l fo

r fe

stiv

itie

sin

volv

ing

up to

120

peo

ple.

Wh

eth

er

for

a fa

mil

yce

lebr

atio

n, b

usin

ess

trip

orc

on

fere

nc

e,

the

v

illa

rep

rese

nts

th

e p

erfe

ctse

tting

.

Din

ing

room

in t

he t

aver

n

The

cold

bat

h

The

hot

bath

Onl

y th

e ou

tsid

e ap

pear

ance

of

the

reco

nstr

ucte

dre

side

ntia

l bu

ildin

g an

d w

orks

hop

area

is

sim

ilar

to i

tsan

cien

t pr

edec

esso

r. In

side

the

roo

ms

have

all

bee

nd

esig

ned

in

lin

e w

ith

cu

rren

t re

qu

irem

ents

, an

dac

com

mod

ate

cultu

ral e

vent

s, m

eetin

gs a

nd c

onfe

renc

es.

Larg

e ha

ll in

the

res

iden

tial

bui

ldin

g an

d w

orks

hop

area

Even

ts/c

eleb

rati

ons

The

Rom

an V

illa

Bor

g ha

sa

year

-rou

nd p

rogr

amm

e of

even

ts a

nd

fes

tiva

ls f

or

youn

g an

d ol

d al

ike.

Fro

man

"E

xclu

sive

b

ath

ing

even

ing"

, th

roug

h "R

oman

win

e ta

stin

g w

ith th

e sl

ave

Jatr

os"

to "

Coo

king

like

the

Rom

ans"

, the

re is

som

ethi

ngth

at i

s su

re t

o ap

peal

to

ever

yon

e.

Du

rin

g th

e"R

oman

Day

s "-

the

annu

alh

igh

ligh

t

visi

tors

are

trans

porte

d ba

ck 2

000

year

sto

anc

ient

Rom

e w

ith

its

mer

chan

ts,

craf

tsm

en,

legi

onna

ires

and

glad

iato

rs.

The

gard

ens

In Ju

ne 2

000

the

villa

com

plex

was

exp

ande

d in

the

wak

eof

the

EU p

roje

ct "

Gar

dens

with

out L

imits

". S

ix g

arde

nsw

ere

crea

ted

on th

e co

mpl

ex s

ite: t

he c

ourt

yard

gar

den,

the

herb

gar

den,

the

ros

e ro

om,

the

frui

t ga

rden

, th

eve

geta

ble

gard

en a

nd t

he f

low

er g

arde

n. T

he s

cent

of

rose

s, h

erbs

and

flo

wer

s an

d th

e si

ght

of t

he b

ox t

ree-

lined

cou

rtya

rd w

ith t

he p

ool

in t

he m

iddl

e al

l hi

nt a

tpa

st s

plen

dour

. A

t th

e R

oman

Vil

la B

org

the

anci

ent

gard

en w

orld

of t

he R

oman

s is

bro

ught

bac

k to

life

.

The

rose

roo

m a

t th

e m

anor

KulturStiftung Merzig-WadernRmische Villa Borg Museum Schloss Fellenberg Burg Montclair

The

man

or

The

tave

rn

eat

like

the

Rom

ans

The

resi

dent

ial b

uild

ing

and

wor

ksho

p ar

ea

Gla

diat

or f

ight

dur

ing

the

Rom

an D

ays

The

Rom

an k

itche

n an

d th

est

ore

roo

m

hav

e b

een

reco

nstru

cted

and

are

in fu

llw

orki

ng o

rder

. Thi

s m

eans

that

, u

nd

er t

he

gen

eral

hea

din

g o

f E

atin

g an

dD

rink

ing

in R

oman

Tim

es,

we

are

able

to

org

anis

egu

ided

tour

s an

d sp

ecia

l eve

nts,

suc

h as

mak

ing

brea

dor

pre

pari

ng r

oast

suc

king

pig

. A b

read

ove

n, a

cup

ola

furn

ace,

an

open

hea

rth, o

ver w

hich

food

may

be

cook

edin

a c

auld

ron,

and

a R

oman

tab

le g

rill

hav

e be

enre

plic

ated

. The

whe

at f

or m

akin

g br

ead

is g

roun

d by

hand

. At t

he e

nd o

f the

mea

l, th

e po

ts a

nd p

ans

used

inth

e co

okin

g ar

e w

ashe

d up

in a

sto

ne w

ashb

asin

.

Rec

onst

ruct

ed R

oman

kit

chen

The

Rom

an k

itch

en