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Tivoli:  Hadrian's Villa, vaulting at Large Bath (1910 photo)



Tivoli: Hadrian's Villa, vaulting at Large Bath (Bell 1910; Gertrude Bell Archive 089 NcU)


This 1910 photograph by Gertrude Bell gives a dramatic view of vaulting in the Large Terme or Bath at Hadrian's Villa. Concrete was used in larger spans, and as reinforcement throughout.

The Gertrude Bell Archive is at Newcastle University in England.


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