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Casa Romana

Casa Romana
Casa Romana
Casa Romana
Casa Romana
Casa Romana
Casa Romana
Casa Romana
Casa Romana
Casa Romana
Casa Romana
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Casa Romana

Leofóros Grigoríou E', Kos 853 00, Greece

Casa Romana is a restored Roman house with three impressive atria and spacious rooms that still preserve frescoes, mosaics, and marble floors.  ...

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Casa Romana is a restored Roman house with three impressive atria and spacious rooms that still preserve frescoes, mosaics, and marble floors.

 Representative examples of pottery, coins, glassware, and sculptures that usually adorned Roman residencies are exhibited in its rooms. There is also much to admire, from bottom to top. The Casa Romana preserves multiple fine mosaic floors, with marine and animal motifs, as well as some fantastic examples of opus sectile, marble inlay flooring.

The walls are decorated with frescoes here and there, including some human figures as well as plant motifs and trompe l'oeil architecture, but more frequently they bear beautiful marble cladding, part of which survives.

 Two of the three courtyard spaces are decorated with elaborate columns, including all three orders: Doric, Ionian and Corinthian. To add to this already wonderful combination, the Greek Archaeological Service has spent much effort on creating little gardens in the open areas and on decorating the rooms with artefacts, such as small sculptures, vases and so on.

All of them are arranged in a meaningful and contextual style and accompanied by highly informative text panels that elucidate Roman domestic life. It is not surprising that I, as an archaeologist-guide, would enjoy such a place. But what really underlines the value of the Casa Romana for me is the observation of my guests' facial expressions on visiting it, moving from interest via fascination and amazement to sheer joy.

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