Schola of the Collegium Fabrum

Contributors: Yiyun Liu, Amelia Lamis
Published: 2026-10-01
Last modified: 2026-10-01

Dates

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Excavation Dates

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Garden Description

The Schola of the collegium fabrum had a nympheum (a) decorated by a sculptural group of two figures pouring water (a reclining nymph and a group with a drunken Dionysus supported by Silenius) and at least two other sculptures, a sleeping Eros and a herakliskos – the infant Hercules struggling with snakes. The presence of a highly decorative nymphaeum and Dionysiac sculpture group suggests the presence of a garden.

Bibliography

  • E. V. Koppel, La Schola del collegium fabrum de Tarraco y su decoración escultórica. Faventia Monografies 7. Edit. Bellaterra, Barcelona, 1988 (worldcat)
  • Mª. L. Loza Azuaga, "La escultura de fuentes en Hispania: ejemplos de la Bética," in Actas de la I Reunión sobre escultura romana en Hispania, Mérida, 1993, 98. (worldcat)

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