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Pompeii: via Vesuvio fountain with wineskin relief
Pompeii: via Vesuvio Fountain with wineskin relief (photo: Athena Review)
This
fountain on via Vesuvio (VI 16, 19) has a relief sculpture of a
wineskin on the panel holding the waterspout. Behind the fountain
is a wall made of opus reticulatum, with diamond-shaped bricks or cut
stones laid in diagonal courses.
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