Fishbourne Roman Palace
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Fishbourne Roman Palace or Fishbourne Villa is in the village of Fishbourne, near Chichester in West Sussex. The palace is the largest Roman residence north of the Alps,[1] and has an unusually early date of 75 AD, around thirty years after the Roman conquest of Britain.
Fishbourne Roman Palace | |
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Mosaics at Fishbourne Roman Palace | |
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Location | Fishbourne, West Sussex grid reference SU838047 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 50.8366°N 0.8103°W / 50.8366; -0.8103 |
Completed | 1st century |
Destroyed | c. 270 AD |
Much of the palace has been excavated and is preserved, along with an on-site museum. The rectangular palace surrounded formal gardens, the northern parts of which have been reconstructed.
Extensive alterations were made in the second and third centuries AD, when many of the original black and white mosaics were overlaid with more sophisticated coloured work, including the perfectly preserved Dolphin mosaic in the north wing. More alterations were in progress when the palace burnt down in around 270 AD, after which it was abandoned.