#ancient roman architecture

[permament-witzelsucht]

Carel Willink, 1900-1983, Dutch - Chateau en Espagne, c.1939

[placesandpalaces]

A Temple-theater complex discovered only at the beginning of the 2000s in Monte San Nicola, in Pietravairano of Caserta province. Lying at 410 meters high in the Sannio area, dates back to the late Roman Republican period, 2nd-1st century BCE.

[mothmiso]

Tunisia - El Djem - Amphitheatre (2) (3) by benbeiske

[mer-se]

Isabella stewart gardner museum

(yesterday was a perfect day. 🖤)

[galliaestomnis]

Eglise Saint-Nicolas, Blois, France

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Pair of Architectural Reliefs with Elephants.

Date: A.D. 80–100

Culture: Roman

Place of origin: Western Roman Empire

Medium: Italian marble

[wandering-italy]

The ancient ruins of the Baths of Caracalla.

Rome

Dec. 2019

[illustratus]

The Arch of Titus by Canaletto

[howamidrivinginlimbo]

The ancient city of Pompeii, Italy

On the first photo is the bakery of Sotericus.

On the last photo you can see clay pots built into countertops in the taberna.

[enjoyedbygod]

Nude in the hammock (1892). Life Size Carrara Marble, Antonio Frilli.

Antonio Frilli (?) - 1902 ). He was a Florentine sculptor specializing in marble and alabaster statues. Two years after the sculptor's death, his son Umberto, brought this work to the United States to the Louisiana Trade Fair, where the piece won the Exhibition's Grand Prix and six gold medals.

[placesandpalaces]

The Basilica Cistern, or Cisterna Basilica, is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey. The cistern, located 150 metres (490 ft) southwest of the Hagia Sophia on the historical peninsula of Sarayburnu, was built in the 6th century during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I. Today it is kept with little water, for public access inside the space.

[thedeadpoets-blog]

“Marmoream relinquo, quam latericiam accepi”

— Augustus, First Roman Emperor

[viagginterstellari]

Roman ruins - Djemila, 2022

[alisaineurope]

Stobi / Стоби  

North Macedonia 🇲🇰

[2seeitall]

The Forum of the Colony, Tarragona

Catalonia - Spain

[wandering-italy]

The Temple of Romulus in Rome's Imperial Forum. The temple survived because it was incorporated into a later Christian church.