Zone A includes three important underwater archaeological sites. Departing from Punta Epitaph about 6 feet deep are the remains of Emperor Claudius Ninfeo (41-54). It is a rectangular building with a semicircular apse on the side of the bottom four rectangular niches on each long side, lined with niches are two side entrances, while the main entrance, surmounted by an arch opens to the sea on the short side, opposite to the side of the apse was a fondo.Da In fact, a statue of Ulysses holding out the cup of wine to the Cyclops, and second, that of a fellow portrayed in the act of paying more wine from a bottle. Inside the two statues were housed pipes of lead, evidently intended to bring water from the cup of Ulysses and all'otre companion; guess the presence of these gushing waters, as well as the architectural structure of the complex which was identified as nymphaeum Environment that their host. In addition to the statues of Ulysses and his companion in ' esedra background - representing the scene of the offer of wine to Polyphemus, preliminary blinding - in niches along the sides were placed, according to an interesting hypothetical reconstruction , five statues, including the most beautiful and practically integrate and young Dionysus, a second statue of Dionysos, crowned with ivy, was in pieces, a statue-portrait of girl with curly hair styled, perhaps the daughter of Claudio , a similar-size statue, which depicts an older woman with tiara, in which you want to locate the mother of the Emperor, and a fragment of a male bust. Log in as the parents of the emperor Claudius ( Drusus Major, as a leader, and Antonia Minor , depicted as Venus parent) and his sons ( Claudia Octavia and British ). The building dates to 41-54 AD, then, the years of the principate of Claudius.
This group of statues was therefore a sort of "gallery" of dynastic portraits of the Julio-Claudian gens, ideally connected to the group of Ulysses with the two statues of Dionysus, who is the personification of intoxication. It was thought that the room was connected to the so-called imperial palatium Bay. But more likely was part of a villa owned by Imperial, the type those later described by Pliny, the residence of pleasure outside the context of the city. The main entrance was on the opposite side of the bottom and opened to the sea, with water entering into the surrounding environment and a platform in the shape of "U", higher than the level the floor. What was this building? Most likely it was a nymph-triclinium. It was a nymph as the presence of water and the decoration of the walls are typical of this type of buildings that imitate natural caves: the apse and the niches of the building were in fact Bahia coated with pieces of natural limestone (fake rock) and with polychrome mosaics of glass and shells, while the rest of the walls was covered by slabs of colored marble. But it was simultaneously a triclinium (dining room) because according to the archaeologists on the platform were the couches, on which people were lying. How did it work? Probably the food was served on dishes floating surfed "on the water surrounding the platform, so that the diners had the impression of eating suspended between the waves, a cool and full of light reflection for the water that reflected on the mosaics and colored marble. Of the triad are only marble statues of Ulysses and Bajos recovered in 1969 and exhibited in the Castle of Baia.
ZONE - A porch VILLA AND VILLA OF PISONI
Continuing
just outside the Nymph, past the hot springs there is a paved road, the road Herculanea, which leads us in the midst of what was the Lacus Baianus, where we find the remains of two imposing villas. The port in Roman times to Bay was only accessible via a navigable channel, which is now submerged, which remain the foundation planted in the sand, made of timber formwork. In the central part of the harbor are the imposing remains of two houses. The house that a porch, from the greek and Thyra pro front door. The term refers to the Roman house in the vestibule and the area of \u200b\u200baccess between the entrance and the atrium. This imposing villa still remains hot, and mosaic floors. After the finding, on a lead pipe, the coat of arms of Pisoni has given the property to another villa nearby. It is built around a central courtyard with a rectangular plan, which remains visible on the opposite side of Punta Epitaph, a series of columns, marble and mosaic floors. Equipped with baths, gardens and a maritime district, with rooms to stay, tanks and fish ponds, defended by breakwaters, this large complex, showing architectural similarities with the Villa Adriana in Tivoli, was merged in the imperial property, perhaps after the seizure of the villa Pisoni following the failure of the conspiracy against Nero (65 AD). To the north of the canal were Spas, perhaps the public, given the urban character of buildings, highlighted by tabernae and by a road. The east and west shores of the lake are identified from other structures, located beneath the wharf, where years ago were found marble sculptures and decorations of the third century. AD The ruins are on the seabed Cantieri di Baia.
The easy hike can go underwater sull'attigua monumental area between the villa and the access channel to the ancient Lacus Baianus. Between thermal areas, fish ponds and columns, you can still see the elegant geometry of a beautiful mosaic.
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