Sujet

Italy, Pompeii

Légende

Italy. Pompeii. Loreio Tiburtino House. Detail of wall covering of a fountain. One of the construction techniques used to pave the walls was the Opus signinum. The materials used were a mixture of lime, clay and small stones or mosaic tesserae. Campania.

Date

2002

Crédit

Photo12/Universal Images Group

Notre référence

UMG20B24_241

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

70,8Mo (13,3Mo) / 48,3cm x 36,8cm / 5700 x 4343 (300dpi)

Mots clés

wall 1st century 1st century AD 79 AD Campania Detail Europe House of Loreius Tiburtinus House of Octavius Quartio Italian Italy Loreio Tiburtino Octavius Quartio Pompei Pompeian Pompeii Roman Romans Unesco World Heritage Site ancient ancient Rome ancient age antique architecture city civilisation civilization coating conglomerate construction construction technique covering decoration decorative dolphin domus era eruption european facing fish fount fountaint history house lime marine fauna material mixture of clay mortar mosaic opus signinum small stones stones technique tiles wall