Nymphaeum
WHS containing the visible remains of a Nymphaeum. Excluding Renaissance or later structures titled "Nymphaeum".
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphaeum
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Butrint | ||
| Dougga/Thugga | At the Temple of Caracalla's Victory in Germany: "It features a nymphaeum that dates to the reign of Commodus" (wiki) | |
| Hierapolis-Pamukkale | ||
| Leptis Magna | ||
| Petra | ||
| Rome | ||
| Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France | Église Sainte-Quitterie d'Aire: The determining element for the history of the church is the presence of a spring which flows into the crypt of the church: the object of devotion in Antiquity, it was converted into a nymphaeum, then probably christianized at the time when the church of the bishopric of Aire was organized. (Nomination file) | |
| Syracuse | above the Greek Theatre | |
| Tipasa | ||
| Villa Adriana (Tivoli) | Several, see | |
| Villa Romana del Casale | "On the south side of the villa is an elliptical peristyle, the Xystus, with a semi-circular nymphaeum on the west side." | |
| Xanthos-Letoon | Letoon |
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