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Ninfeo di Egeria

Ninfeo di Egeria

Ninfeo di Egeria
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claudio d
Viterbo, Italy43,705 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2023 • Solo
Among the various archaeological emergencies present within the vast naturalistic area of the Caffarella Valley, one of the best known is the one known as the Nymphaeum of Egeria. In reality, the cave and source of Egeria (the nymph who, according to legend, later married Numa Pompilius) was located near Porta Capena, while the nymphaeum inside the Cappellolla Valley dates back to the 2nd century AD, and was an embellishment of the villa owned by Herodes Atticus (the headless reclining statue that can still be seen in the central niche was probably of the god Almon). Despite being among the most important archaeological remains of the Caffarella Valley, what remains today is very little compared to what it once was; in any case, the combination of the ruins and the naturalistic context (the trees above the niches and the grass at the base, with a small pond with intense green water in the center) make it an archaeological site that has its own charm.
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Written 14 November 2023
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Vinnietravel
Rome, Italy5,802 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2019 • Business
Passeggiando all'interno del parco della Caffarella è possibile visitare il Ninfeo di Egeria. Qui nella natura tra vegetazione ed il sacro fiume Almone ancora oggi si intrecciano aspetti storici e leggende, da visitare.
Written 22 June 2019
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Stefo&Vivi
Rome, Italy33,389 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2018 • Couples
Continua l’escursione nel parco della Caffarella, alla ricerca di verità confutate.
Siamo dinanzi ai resti di quello che fu il Ninfeo di Egeria, una delle quattro Camene, le divinità antiche delle sorgenti.
Fu amante, consigliera e moglie di Numa Pompilio, il secondo re di Roma, e le fonti antiche riportano dei loro incontri privati, che avevano luogo qui, nella grotta circondata dal sacro bosco, vicino al fiume Almone.
Alla morte del re, tra mitologia e leggenda, Egeria si sciolse in lacrime per il dolore, dando vita ad una fonte, che divenne il suo luogo sacro.
Questo ninfeo doveva essere davvero incredibile, rigoglioso di vegetazione che offriva naturale frescura, ornato da rivestimenti di marmo sulle pareti e mosaici colorati sul pavimento.
Faccio ammenda delle lacune della mia precedente vita, quella adolescenziale, quando preferivo correre a giocare piuttosto che applicarmi sui libri di scuola.
La storia che osservo oggi, da adulto, mi si offre prodiga di un fascino immenso...
Immenso!
Written 8 October 2018
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gian1063 🇮🇹🇲🇹
Rome, Italy4,695 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2017 • Family
Nell'ambiente affascinante a sud della capitale nel comprensorio della Caffarella, solcato dal fiume Almone, vicino alla via Appia antica e la via Latina, merita una visita a questo ninfeo che era circondato da un bellissimo bosco sacro .
I resti monumentali risalgono al II secolo d C. , da attribuirsi ad Erode Attico ed Annia Regilla ; questa è la notizia divulgata con certezza dagli archeologi , a dissipare l'attribuzione alla ninfa Egeria , moglie di Numa Pompilio , mitico secondo re di roma , vissuti molti secoli prima . Dissipata questa errata identificazione, il "Ninfeo" resta una pregevole ed imperdibile visita presso il parco della Caffarella e la via Appia , già meta di numerose visite sempre alla scoperta di nuove , favolose tracce del passato . Il ninfeo ha forma rettangolare con volta a botte e, simula una grotta ; vi erano piante di capelvenere fatte attecchire nella pomice della volta , acque che trasudavano dalle pareti e dal centro attraverso condutture in terracotta creando giochi d'acqua , una nicchia sulla parete in fondo ove era forse collocata la statua sdraiata del dio Almone, il tutto ricoperto da preziosi marmi, con una preziosa ed ampia fascia a mosaico . Realizzato in maniera da ricordare una grotta costituiva l'ambiente ideale dove Erode Attico potesse ritemprarsi con gli amici durante la stagione calda , a conversare o banchettare . Resta però molto più interessante delle tesi storiche il connubio di questo ninfeo con le antiche leggende e soprattutto con Ovidio che ,nelle Metamorfosi narra della ninfa Egeria , una delle quattro Camene , che sciolta nel pianto per amore di Numa Pompilio diede origine alla fonte omonima
Written 3 March 2018
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Akiko Gatti
Tokyo Prefecture, Japan510 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2018
アッピアアンティーカ公園内にあります。Egeriaは水の女神の一人で。古代ここにあったvillaに祀られていました。その名残を今も観ることができます。
Written 30 August 2019
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