In the early 1840's a villa was excavated by Auguste Quiquerez in Develier at the locality Les Maichières, to the north-east of the village.
View of Develier from the west. Photo: Wikimedia, Jérémy Toma.The main building (30.50 x 20.00 m.) was flanked by two annexes. On the north and south side was a porticus. In several rooms fragments of paintings were found.
Plan of the main building. Develier 1844, Pl. I.
About 80 m. to the south bathing rooms were found. Water was adduced from a nearby river through a channeled brook. One of the rooms had a hypocaust and a niche for a basin. In the baths paintings were found as well: a socle with black, white and yellow lines on a red background, above the socle white panels with green foliage, still others imitating marble. A few secondary buildings were also found.
Plan of the baths. Develier 1844, Pl. I.
Literature
Quiquerez 1844, 92-96; Quiquerez 1864, 190-204; Drack 1950, 76; Drack-Fellmann 1988, 387-388; Demarez 2001, 95-96.
[8-Dec-2023]
