Domus di Amore e Psiche
The aristocratic residence, built in the 4th century AD, was installed in an earlier commercial building and had two storeys, the uppermost of which was probably a service storey.
Arcades on columns separated the inner corridor (B) from an open-air garden, which had a marble nymphaeum with an architectural façade on one side (D).
![]() (R. Jadrić, M. Kolarič, T. Marasović, A. Pavlović) |
![]() (R. Falconi) |
The corridor led into the main room (E), whose walls and floors were embellished with valuable inlays of coloured marbles.
Another room (G), opening onto the corridor, also had a marble veneer and at the centre a sculpture group depicting Cupid and Psyche; a cast can be seen today whilst the original is kept in the Museo Ostiense.
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![]() (Museo Ostiense) |
See also:
- The Residential Districts of the Upper-Middle Class
- Domus di Amore e Psiche
- Terme del Mitra
- Complesso dei Mensores
- Caseggiato di Bacco e Arianna
- Serapeo
- Terme della Trinacria
- Casette Tipo
- Caseggiato del Serapide
- Terme dei Sette Sapienti
- Caseggiato degli Aurighi
- Case a Giardino
- Insula delle Ierodule
- Insula delle Pareti Gialle
- Insula delle Volte Dipinte
- Insula delle Muse
- Domus dei Dioscuri
- Domus del Ninfeo
- Cd. Palazzo Imperiale