{"id":6675,"date":"2026-01-12T18:00:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T18:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/educational-panels-and-maps\/i-quartieri-residenziali-della-classe-medio-alta\/domus-del-ninfeo\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T17:43:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T17:43:54","slug":"domus-del-ninfeo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/educational-panels-and-maps\/i-quartieri-residenziali-della-classe-medio-alta\/domus-del-ninfeo\/","title":{"rendered":"Domus del Ninfeo"},"content":{"rendered":"

This wealthy\u00a0domus<\/em>\u00a0(residence) was constructed in the second half of the 4th<\/sup>\u00a0century AD, in an area previously occupied by two building complexes of the early 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0century AD.<\/p>\n

It was entered through a courtyard (A), which provided light to the residence, embellished with a marble nymphaeum decorated with niches.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tAxonometric reconstruction of the nymphaeum (P. Reali, M.G. Turco)\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\n\t\t\tReconstruction of the fa\u00e7ade of the room B (P. Aponte, M.G. Turco)\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n\n

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Opening onto the courtyard through a tripartite aperture was a huge room (B) decorated on the floor and walls with\u00a0opus sectile<\/em>\u00a0inlays, also preserved in other rooms of the\u00a0domus<\/em>; a porticoed corridor leads to the innermost rooms of the house.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tDetail of the opus sectile decoration of room B\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\n\t\t\tDetail of the opus sectile decoration of room B\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n\n

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The fa\u00e7ade overlooking the Decumanus is enhanced by the presence of a large vestibule, divided into two rooms (C-D), originally decorated with wall paintings showing scenes of rural life.<\/p>\n

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Painted decoration of the vestibule (C-D)
(Museo Ostiense)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This wealthy\u00a0domus\u00a0(residence) was constructed in the second half of the 4th\u00a0century AD, in an area previously occupied by two building complexes of the early 2nd\u00a0century AD. It was entered through a courtyard (A), which provided light to the residence, embellished with a marble nymphaeum decorated with niches.   Opening onto the courtyard through a tripartite…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":6620,"menu_order":17,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-albero.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6675","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6675"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6677,"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6675\/revisions\/6677"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}