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Roman house

Roman house. In via di Visiale to the left of the flight of steps going up to the Palazzo Cumunale or Municipal offices. The first-century A.D. building was restored in the second century and unearthed in 1885 after a series of excavations carried out by the Municipality. An inscription ascribes the property of the house to Vespasia Polla, the mother of emperor Vespasian. Ths house still has its atrium with black and white mosaic flooring, a pluvium surrounded by a wave-like mosaic interrupted by a well, mosaic flooring in four rooms to the sides of the atrium and the large area at the back designated for family reunions. To the right of this and slightly elevated, there is the triclinium, whereas to the left there is the peristilium.

Atrium

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