House of the Mosaic, Empuries, Catalonia, Spain
Mosaic pavement of tesserae and inscription invoking the protective genius or Agathos Daimon, detail, at the House of the Mosaic, built 2nd - 1st century BC, 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
14149804
Media ID
46160955
Size
7087px x 5083px
(27.7MB)
Credit
Photographer
Source
Manuel Cohen
Date
2024
