Cryptoporticus
In Ancient Roman architecture a cryptoporticus is a covered corridor or passageway.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Arles | ||
| Assisi | "From the crypt of the original cathedral of Santa Maria Maggiore you descend to an underground environment that corresponds to a Roman house dating back to the first century. AD. Excavations made in the nineteenth century and in the 50s of the twentieth century have unearthed three adjoining rooms and a cryptoporticus, with floors covered with mosaics (...)." | |
| Longobards in Italy | Monte Sant'Angelo: "At a later date, the rock partition dividing the two caverns was demolished, thus creating a single large space which was reached by means of a new monumental flight of steps (...). At the same time, the monumental flight of steps was linked by two spans, at the central body by a structure comprising five spans; an eighth span on the opposite side of the steps served as an entranceway into the structure which took the form of a 40-metre long arcade, a sort of cryptoporticus which also served the purpose of offering temporary shelter to pilgrims (hospitium)." (Nomination file, p. 215) | |
| Pompei | Pompei: House of the Cryptoporticus; Herculaneum: House of the Deers and House of the Mosaic Atrium | |
| Rome | Domus Aurea and Palatinum | |
| Villa Adriana (Tivoli) |
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