House of the Mosaic, Empuries, Catalonia, Spain
House of the Mosaic, built 2nd - 1st century BC, with mosaic pavement of tesserae and inscription invoking the protective genius or Agathos Daimon, aerial view, at Empuries, an ancient settlement founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea, on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain. The town was settled by the Romans from 218 BC and abandoned in the Middle Ages. The site has been undergoing excavation since 1908. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14149154
Media ID
45914499
Size
5464px x 3822px
(7.1MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2024
