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Dover

Roman Painted House

  • Address
    • New St
  • Price
    • adult/child £3/2
  • Hours
    • 10am-5pm Tue-Sun Jun-Sep

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Lonely Planet review for Roman Painted House

A crumbling 1960s bunker is the unlikely setting for some of the most extensive, if stunted, Roman wall paintings north of the Alps. Several scenes depict Bacchus (the god of wine and revelry), which makes perfect sense as this large villa was built around AD 200 as a mansio (hotel) for travellers in need of a little lubrication to unwind.