DRAFT

Domus of the Place Epars

Contributor: Yvette Pollack
Published: 2021-04-21
Modified: 2025-06-29

Location

Garden

Domus of the Place Epars

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Garden Description

A large reception room of 73 square meters in the northwest corner was heated by a hypocaust under the floor. In this room was a grand composition depicting a procession of people. Next to this room was a square room that looked out down the long axis of the garden that filled the 247 square meter rectangular (19 x 13 m) rectangle of open area. The Corinthian colonnade of the garden was found collapsed towards the outside. Elegant Corinthian capitals of limestone and fragments of column bases of attic type with traces of tinted whitewash and red accents were found during the excavations.

Maps

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Plans

Image from CAG showing a plan of Domus of the Place des Epars, two photos of the archaeological excavations, and a photo of the decoration of a Corinthian column.
LUG_Fig. 1: Chartres, Domus of the Place des Epars, from CAG.

Images

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Dates

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Bibliography

  • :A. Ollagnier, D. Joly, L'Eure-et-Loir, CAG p. 137-139, plan p. 138 (with bibliography of previous works). (worldcat)

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