Roman Mosaic
The village is best known for the discovery in 1963 of a Roman building of unknown type, possibly a villa or a church. On the floor of one room was laid a large 4th century mosaic depicting Bellerophon and the Chimera (illustrating good defeating evil) and a portrait bust that may, or may not, be Christ. The bust is now on display in the British Museum. The rest is kept in storage.
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