Nymphaeum, Villa Rufinella

Name of structure: Nymphaeum, Villa Rufinella
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Type of structure: Nymphaeum
Country or main area: Italy
Region within country or main area: Lazio
City or area within region: Frascati
Date of structure: First or second century AD
Century of structure 1: 1 AD
Century of structure 2: 2 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Seven niches
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Pedestals covered with very fine mosaic
Date of mosaic: First or second century AD
Century of mosaic 1: 1 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 2 AD
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Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 106
See also:
Lanciani, R., BullCom/Bullettino della Commissione archeologica comunale di Roma (1884), 202 (Cod. Tusc.)
Lanciani, R., Storia degli scavi di Roma 3 (1907), 47
Ashby, British School at Rome, 5 (1910), 335
Neuerburg, N., ‘L’architettura delle fontane e dei ninfei nell’Italia antica,’ in
Memorie dell’Accademia di Archeologica Lettere e Belle Arti di Napoli, V (Naples: G. Macchiaroli, 1965), 163, no. 83

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