Nymphaea (Architecture)
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Name (Hebrew)
נימפאה (אדריכלות)
Name (Latin)
Nymphaea (Architecture)
Name (Arabic)
نيمفيا (العمارة)
Other forms of name
Nymphaeums (Architecture)
Nymphea (Architecture)
Nympheums (Architecture)
See Also From tracing topical name
Garden structures
Shrines
Fountains
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q731966
Library of congress:
sh 92004203
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Letzner, W. Römische Brunnen und Nymphaea in der westlichen Reichshälfte, 1990.
- Britannica Micro.(Nymphaeum; ancient Greek and Roman sanctuary consecrated to water nymphs ... in the 16th cent. the nymphaeum became a feature of Italian gardens)
- Encyc. of world art:v. 7, p. 303 (Nymphaeum often conceived as the architectural façade of a natural grotto consecrated to the nymphs)
- Fagiolo, M. Roma delle delizie, 1990:added t.p. (Theaters of water, grottoes, nymphaea, fountains)
- OED(Nymphaeum, -eum. Archaeol. Pl. -aea, ea. A grotto or shrine of the nymphs; a building, or part of one, designed to represent this)
- Penguin dict. of arch.(Nymphaeum)
- Web. 3(Nymphaeum)