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I think that was it. The guide spoke very fast, obviously reciting explanations for the umpteenth time, so I missed a lot. However, it was quite clear that there was considerable debauchery going on! The mosaics were quite impressive.Triclinium?
Thanks to all!!!
Our guide told us it was the largest triclinium in the world? Or maybe in Spain. There was even a special room for “private interactions.” One of the clues that the archaeologists used to identify the purpose of that room was the fact that there was a mushroom prominently displayed in tiles at the room entry. Maybe others can explain the connection if it doesn’t get too lewd.
Found this on fascinating Spain.com “More than 230 square meters is the space occupied by the mosaic of the Roman villa of Noheda. That is a good part of the room of about 14 by 18 meters that contains it, which has about 300 square meters of surface. A major work developed with a careful technique. The room is the triclinium and is known as the triabsiada or tricora room. This comes from the fact that it has three exedras or apses, semi-circular extensions that were used for meeting and sitting.”Today @C clearly and I took a great 45 minute tour through the Roman ruins at Noheda. The mosaics are stunning. The guide kept referring to the site we were visiting as the “triforio” or something like that.
It is not the residence, just an opulent party place. They are hoping to find the villa but for now they have found the baths, this “party venue” and they are working on what they think is sone palatial entry building. Maybe this is the Mar-a-lago of the Roman Empire in Spain.
But what had stumped me is finding the name of the “party room.” We’re both sure that it started with “tri”. And it’s the largest one ever found in Spain. but we can’t find the name anywhere.
I’m hoping some of the forum Roman expert will come to our rescue with the name of what we saw today. Beautiful mosaics, really beautiful. Thanks!!
Kill me now, Laurie! Are you and Clare wandering off the Camino into some naughty Roman baths?Maybe this is the Mar-a-lago of the Roman Empire in Spain.
There's not necessarily an attendent villa --- some Roman feast locations were completely independent of anything else. As some Catalan ones were in my own childhood in the early 1970s !!Today @C clearly and I took a great 45 minute tour through the Roman ruins at Noheda. The mosaics are stunning. The guide kept referring to the site we were visiting as the “triforio” or something like that.
It is not the residence, just an opulent party place. They are hoping to find the villa but for now they have found the baths, this “party venue” and they are working on what they think is sone palatial entry building. Maybe this is the Mar-a-lago of the Roman Empire in Spain.
But what had stumped me is finding the name of the “party room.” We’re both sure that it started with “tri”. And it’s the largest one ever found in Spain. but we can’t find the name anywhere.
I’m hoping some of the forum Roman expert will come to our rescue with the name of what we saw today. Beautiful mosaics, really beautiful. Thanks!!
Yes.The guide said (or at least, I understood her to say) that they didn't know how often such feasts may have taken place there.There's not necessarily an attendent villa --- some Roman feast locations were completely independent of anything else.
Why would you inject politics into your post, not all on here are liberalsToday @C clearly and I took a great 45 minute tour through the Roman ruins at Noheda. The mosaics are stunning. The guide kept referring to the site we were visiting as the “triforio” or something like that.
It is not the residence, just an opulent party place. They are hoping to find the villa but for now they have found the baths, this “party venue” and they are working on what they think is sone palatial entry building. Maybe this is the Mar-a-lago of the Roman Empire in Spain.
But what had stumped me is finding the name of the “party room.” We’re both sure that it started with “tri”. And it’s the largest one ever found in Spain. but we can’t find the name anywhere.
I’m hoping some of the forum Roman expert will come to our rescue with the name of what we saw today. Beautiful mosaics, really beautiful. Thanks!!
I think the reference to Mar-a-Lago here could very well be along the line of "Biltmore Estate", "Peterhoff Palace" and\or Alhambra - merely a reference to luxury and opulence.Why would you inject politics into your post, not all on here are liberals
OK nothing has to do with the subject per se, but a little big of self-pat on the back and... interesting coincidence
Just finished tiling a wall in my sun room. The name of the motif is Barcelona Montjuïc, and as you can see it is done to resemble a worn-out wall of some XII-XIII house
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