House No. 1 or West House

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Dates

unspecified

Excavation Dates

1920s

Garden Description

The entrance [Fig. 1, 2] to this house was on the west side of the colonnaded street. Just to the north was a shop [23] selling fish and garum; its tanks are still in place. The entrance hall leads into the west gallery of the peristyle courtyard [25]. There are three columns on each side of the courtyard. Each column's base featured an ornamental double torus. Three capitals have been preserved; they were of the Doric order but were only rough-hewn as they, like all columns in Baelo, were covered with plaster. A garden most likely surrounded the well in the center. Rooms [32] and [33] were probably the reception room and the triclinium respectively. The reception room had a good view of the garden though not central. The northwest corner of the house belonged instead to the garum factory [VI].

Plans

Fig. 1: Plan of the two port houses. From Sillières.

Images

Fig. 2: Photo of West House seen from the north. The two vats in the left foreground are just above the numeral IV on the plan. The peristyle is in the center of the picture.

Bibliography

A. Balil Iliana, 'Casa y urbanismo en la España antigua. Casa familiar y vivienda colectiva en la España romana,' Boletín del Seminario de Estudios de Arte y Arqueología, XXXIX, Universidad de Valladolid (Valladolid 1973), 138-140.(worldcat)
P. Sillières, M. Fincker, J.M. Labarthe,Baelo Claudia: une cité romaine de Bètique, Collection de la Casa de Velázquez 51 (Madrid 1995), 165-170.(worldcat)

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House of the West at Baelo (Pleiades:574194294)

House of the Sundial

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Dates

unspecified

Excavation Dates

1920s

Garden Description

Located across the colonnaded street from West house was the House of the Sundial. This house had a rectangular peristyle courtyard with four columns on the long side and three on the shorter side, gutters around the edges, and a well in the center. According to Sillières, the courtyard was paved in opus signinum and thus did not have a garden, though potted plants may have given the appearance of a garden. Room [19] on the northeast corner of the peristyle was connected to the fish preserving operation just to the north. Perhaps the occupant of the house ran the fish business.

Maps

Fig. 1: Map of Baelo Claudia.

Credit: Adapted from Sillières.

Plans

Fig. 2: Plan of the two port houses.

Credit: From Sillières.

Images

Fig. 3: Photo of the two port houses, seen looking west. The peristyle of the House of the Sundial is in the left foreground.

Bibliography

A. Balil Iliana, 'Casa y urbanismo en la España antigua. Casa familiar y vivienda colectiva en la España romana,' Boletín del Seminario de Estudios de Arte y Arqueología, XXXIX, Universidad de Valladolid (Valladolid 1973), 138-140.(worldcat)
P. Sillières, M. Fincker, J.M. Labarthe, Baelo Claudia: une cité romaine de Bètique, Collection de la Casa de Velázquez 51 (Madrid 1995), 165-170.(worldcat)

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House of the Sundial at Baelo (Pleiades:510567670)

Baelo Claudia on Gardens of the Roman Empire

House No. 1 or West House

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House of the Sundial

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