Roman manor Salet
The Roman manor Salet belongs to the area around the Roman Vicus Centum Prata and is located in Jona - Wagen , a district of Rapperswil-Jona in the canton of St. Gallen .
location
The building complex is located on a wooded hill on the connecting road between Wagen and Bollingen , in the vicinity of the Vicus Centum Prata in Kempraten and the Roman buildings near the church of St. Martin Busskirch .
Villa Rustica
The building complex is largely unexplored, the site of the Roman " Masclus permisit ... " graffito from an outbuilding of the Roman villa rustica, which was restored in 2011, is known .
Masclus graffito
In 1946 an outbuilding of the villa was completely excavated. It was a burned down house, in the cellar of which fragments of wall paintings were found, stylistically dated to the early 3rd century. During the recovery, a wall scribble was found that had never been completed: " MASCLUS PERMISIT NATO TRAN " (Masclus allowed his son to cross over ...) . It remains unclear whether Masclus and his son were residents of the villa.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Canton of St. Gallen, Annual Archaeological Report 2011: Rapperswil-Jona, Kempraten, Seewiese ( PDF ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice . ), accessed April 29, 2013
- ↑ site IXber Latin Cultural Month, the Masclus-Wandkritzelei , accessed on April 29, 2013
Coordinates: 47 ° 13 '39.2 " N , 8 ° 53' 38.6" E ; CH1903: 710220 / 231760