Sujet

Forum thermal baths, Pompeii, Italy, 2002. Creator: LTL.

Légende

Forum thermal baths, Pompeii, Italy, 2002. Public baths, built immediately after the founding of the colony (after 80 BC). They were subdivided into men's and women's sections. Room of the "calidarium" with its hot water bath. Basin which was filled with cold water so that bathers could cool off. The Roman town of Pompeii (modern-day Campania) was buried under volcanic ash and pumice during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Prisma Archivo Fotografico, S.L.

Notre référence

HRM24A69_412

Model release

NA

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,7Mo (2,5Mo) / 31,6cm x 40,2cm / 3732 x 4744 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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