Tomb of Caecilia Metella
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 | Tomb of Caecilia Metella |
| Designer | unknown |
| Location | Rome, Italy |
| Date | -25 |
| Building Type | tomb |
| Climate | mediterranean |
| Context | urban |
| Architectural Style | Ancient Roman |
| Street Address | Via Appia Antica Walk Score |
| Notes | on the Via Appia. Round plan. |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Tomb_of_Caecilia_Metella.html |
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 Exterior. Mausoleum of Caecilia Metella. Appian Way, near Rome, Italy. 1CBC. SquinchPix |
 Boucranes and garlands on frieze of Caecilia Metella. Appian Way, near Rome, Italy. 1CBC. SquinchPix |
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Commentary
Built at the end of the Roman republican period, this tomb was built to hold the sarcophagus of Caecilia Metella, the daughter of Quintus Metellus, the conqueror of Crete, and wife of Crassus. The sarcophagus was placed in a central funerary cell with a conical vault. The building is a masonry cylinder surrounding the cell, which rests on a square base. The cylinder is faced with travertine with an entablature frieze, decorated with ox or bulls' skulls and garlands.
— JY, GreatBuildings.com
Details
The square podium is 30 m (100 feet) square, and the cylinder above it only slightly smaller in diameter.
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[edit] References
Roger H. Clark and Michael Pause. Precedents in Architecture. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985. circle and square diagram, p184.— Updated edition available at Amazon.com
Sir Banister Fletcher. Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture. revised by J.C. Palmes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975. exterior photo, fC, p317. — The classic text of architectural history. Expanded 1996 edition available at Amazon.com
Russell Sturgis. The Architecture Sourcebook. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1984. ISBN 0-442-20831-9. LC 84-7275. NA2840.S78. perspective drawing, p347.
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