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NAR 6.4 Enclos Reynaud, House with the semicircular bay, phase I

Contributor: Yichen Liu
Published: 2021-04-21
Modified: 2025-06-29

Province

Province Description

Ancient Roman colony (founded 118 BCE) and senatorial province located in modern southern France, along the Mediterranean. This province had stronger cultural and political ties to Italy than the rest of Gaul.

Location

aix-en-provence
aix-en-provence (Pleiades)

Sublocation

Enclos Reynaud, House with the semicircular bay, phase I

House

Enclos Reynaud, House with the semicircular bay, phase I

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Garden Description

On the north side, two rooms [1] and [2] are symmetrically placed on either side of a large axial room [3] (about 6 x 5.3 m) which opened onto the street. Its floor was covered by a white mosaic with black border. On its south side, a semicircular protrusion extended the room across the portico and out into the garden. "At about two thirds of the way from the northern to the southern wall, near the mosaic, the room is crossed by a chain of very hard calcareous stone which seems to have formed a sort of sanctuary or chancel in the part terminated by the rounded bay." (Rouard, 1842). Beyond, to the south, a large square courtyard [4] (about 8.2 meters on a side) was presumably a garden. It must have been surrounded by a portico 1.7 meters wide; but only the floor, with a white mosaic bordered by the same very hard stone, was discovered.

Plans

Plan of the House with the semicircular bay, phase I
House with the semicircular bay, phase I

Bibliography

  1. Maison 1996, t. II,, p. 30-31, 38-39.

  2. J, Guyon, Nin N, Rivet L, and Saulnier S. Aix-En-Provence (Bouches-Du-Rhône), 1996, P. 50.

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