Excavations have recently been carried out on an area of circa 1500 sq.m, corresponding to the central part of a large villa that had already been the object of investigations at the end of the 19th century. In 1967 an excavation was undertaken on an area covering circa 700 sq.m of the southern part of the site (sector A). This revealed several rooms, some with geometric mosaic pavements and frescoed walls, in part preserved in situ, dating to the 2nd century A.D. The building probably belonged to the Nonii, one of Brescia’s most illustrious families: an inscription of M. Nonius Macrinus, consul suffectus in 154 A.D., was found within the villa. Recent excavations have brought to light several rooms, facing the lake, including a vast rectangular room with an apsidal room on either side. These rooms are symmetrical and lead to a loggia with a central projection overlooking an open area on a lower level. A large, rectangular fountain pool (47×6m), the ends of which widened into a circular form, and which had a series of alternating semicircular and rectangular niches along its sides, was situated in this area. The fountain was placed parallel to the lakeside from which it was separated by a man-made terrace on a lower level. These structures belong to the 2nd century A.D., when there seems to have been a general restructuring of the entire building. Earlier phases are documented by the remains of the walls and pavements destroyed during this work. The subsequent phases, 3rd to 4th centuries A.D., are better attested. Small octagonal fountains, faced in marble, were built within the apsidal structures described above, new floors were laid, entrances were blocked or modified in various rooms. The last phase of the villa dates to the 5th century A.D., a date provided by the material found in the levels relating to its abandonment. (Elisabetta Roffia)