VILLA ROMANA.
          Dating from the epoch of Augustus ( I century) certainly belonging to a high dignitary of the court , it is the most authoritative testimonial to the antique importance of Minori ... and her vocation for tourism...

          On two levels for an area of about 2500 square metres , almost certainly it was once even bigger , with terraces that led down to the right bank of the Reginna, probably it could have been reached from the sea.
On the ground floor an ample viridarium, closed on three sides by a grand colonnade 
and with a large pool at the centre, for which the hydraulic works are still visible .

          On the northern side the living quarters divided into separate areas , an ample triciclinium with marvellous decorations of frescoes and mosaics in the Pompei style, divided into two symmetrical groups. The rooms for receiving visitors where here and also in the Eastern part the thermal baths...

          Two parallel flights of steps from the colonnade lead to the second floor ,divided into rooms, the architectural solution of the steps is interesting , an optical illusion , making the steps shorter as they climb and the paving stones larger , the steps seem to gain more depth and appear more monumental...
 
          A part of the Villa is used as an Antiquarium , with many " anfore" , domestic utensils and furnishings , sculptures and decorative elements ...

          After leaving the Villa continue along via S.Lucia , crossing via Amato and on the viaduct after a few metres the pretty

CHURCH OF SANTA LUCIA
        The part remaining of a monastic complex of the X century, restored by the patrician of Minori Giovanni Simone Palumbo at the beginning of the XVII century.

          Built in a very sober style , it holds : a cupboard organ of 1724 , work of Niola , a number of paintings of the Neapolitan School , a "SS. Trinità con la Vergine ed Anime Purganti" from the end of the XVI century by D'Amato, a " Sacra Famiglia" by an unknown painter , but certainly dating from the end of '500, and to finish the monumental wooden retable of the altar , probably made on the occasion of the work in 1600...

 

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