Roman Villa of La Estación

The Roman Villa of La Estación is located northwest of the current urban area of Antequera. Although the site has been known since the end of the last century, it was in 1998, during construction work for the northern ring road of Antequera, that the archaeological significance of this villa became evident. This led to the road's route being diverted as it passed through the site, and even to the roadwork not being completed at this location.

The Roman Villa of La Estación is built around a large courtyard surrounded by columns: a peristyle, paved with mosaics (about 430 square metres). The colonnaded corridor encircled a square pool more than fifteen metres long, inside which the remains of four large plant beds, each measuring 4.2 m in diameter, have been found, forming a kind of islet within the large pool.

To decorate the Roman Villa of La Estación, there was an exceptional ensemble of marble sculptures, which is ever-growing as more archaeological work is carried out at the site.

The main marble sculptures that have been identified so far and can be seen in the City Museum are:

- Depiction of Pan.
- Bust of Nero Germanicus.
- Satyr's head.
- Head of a divinity, perhaps Venus.
- Aphrodite.
- Sculptural fragment of a satyr.
- Actor with mask
- Clypeus of a bearded character (philosopher or dominus).
- Mask of Melpomene.
- Sculpture of sleeping Eros.
- Sculpture of Eros riding an aquatic animal.
- Hippopotamus.