Villa Sora is a Roman-era villa whose remains lie in the Sora district of Torre del Greco, the area of greatest archaeological interest in the city.
What to see
The villa is a large monumental complex dating from the 1st century AD, which extends over a wide area and originally stood three storeys high. The top floor collapsed following the eruption of Vesuvius in 79, while the lower one remained buried by lava: only the middle floor of the villa can be visited.
The villa was already known in the seventeenth century, after marble sculptures were found, and was the object of Bourbon excavations in the eighteenth century; it was then rediscovered in 1974 by the Gruppo Archeologico Torrese «Col. Giuseppe Novi» of Torre del Greco.
Visiting
The remains are in the Sora district, in Torre del Greco. The sources consulted point to the official site on cultura.gov.it; opening hours and visiting arrangements should be checked.
Our editors' tip
Not far from the villa are the remains of a bath complex, still visitable on Torre del Greco's beach and called the «Terme Ginnasio»; a small private harbour must have been attached to it, now lost.
