Reconstruction of a Façade of the House of Aion, Nea Paphos, Cyprus

Authors

  • Aleksandra Brzozowska-Jawornicka Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12797/SAAC.20.2016.20.10

Keywords:

Nea Paphos, House of Aion, façade, architectural decoration, blind arcade

Abstract

The subject of this paper is a reconstruction of the architectural decoration of a façade of the House of Aion in Nea Paphos. During an excavation carried out in 1997 several pieces of decorated architectural elements were uncovered in room 19, among others the fragments of an arch, a lintel, an engaged column, an impost and two consoles. Those blocks served as a base for the reconstruction of the architectural frame of the main gateway. It took the form of a cantilevered, blind arcade of five spans erected above the main gate. Each span consisted of two engaged columns supporting an arch with a shallow niche underneath it, probably for a kind of decorative element. The reconstruction was based on similar architectural details known from the main room of the House of Aion, the Porta Aurea at the palace of Diocletian in Split, and the western façade of the Felix Romuliana Palace in Gamzigrad.

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30-12-2016

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Brzozowska-Jawornicka, Aleksandra. 2016. “Reconstruction of a Façade of the House of Aion, Nea Paphos, Cyprus”. Studies in Ancient Art and Civilisation 20 (December):151-72. https://doi.org/10.12797/SAAC.20.2016.20.10.

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