Domus dei Tappeti di Pietra
The Domus dei Tappeti di Pietra ( House of Stone Carpets ) in the northern Italian city of Ravenna is an early Byzantine villa from the 6th century AD with mosaic floors.
The mosaic floors are on the ground floor of the Byzantine villa, the level of which is now 3 meters below street level. The large archaeological museum room is accessed via the church of Santa Eufemia in Via Barbiani, about 100 meters from the Basilica of San Vitale . In the exhibition room, large-scale mosaic floors are shown, which are decorated with geometric elements and plant motifs. One of the mosaics depicts the “Dance of the Seasons Genii ”, a rare form of representation in the circle of dancing seasons. Another motif shown is that of a sheep bearer (“ Good Shepherd ”).
Mosaic floor of the villa
Mosaic floor with the "dance of the dancing geniuses of the seasons"
Round dance of the dancing geniuses of the seasons
Mosaic representation of a shaft carrier
literature
- M. Marini Calvani, MG Maioli: I mosaici di Via d'Azeglio in Ravenna . Ravenna 1995, ISBN 88-8063-066-0 .
- Giovanna Montevecchi: Domus dei Tappeti di Pietra di Ravenna . Provincia di Ravenna, Ravenna 2008.
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Coordinates: 44 ° 25 ′ 8 ″ N , 12 ° 11 ′ 41 ″ E