Villa rustica was the term used by the ancient Romans to denote a farmhouse or villa set in the countryside and with an agricultural section, which applies to the vast majority of Roman villas. In some cases they were at the centre of a large agricultural estate, sometimes called a latifundium. The adjective rustica was used only to distinguish it from a much rarer sub-urban resort villa, or otium villa built for purely leisure and luxury, and typically located in the Bay of Naples. The villa rustica would thus serve both as a residence of the landowner and his family (and servants) and also as a farm management centre. It would often comprise separate buildings to accommodate farm labourers and sheds and barns for animals and crops. The villa rustica's design differed, but usually it consisted of two parts; the pars urbana (main house), and the pars rustica (farm area).

List of villae rusticae

Austria

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Italy

Portugal

Turkey

United Kingdom

France

Germany

Baden-Württemberg Bavaria Hesse Northrhine-Westphalia Rheinland-Palatine Saarland

Serbia

Switzerland

Aargau Basel-Landschaft Genf Jura Solothurn Waadt Zürich