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nymphaeum
[ nim-fee-uhm ]
noun
- a room or area having a fountain, statues, flowers, etc.
- an architecturally treated outlet of a reservoir or aqueduct.
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of nymphaeum1
Example Sentences
In fact, its a nymphaeum – a fancy water feature belonging to the Emperor Commodus.
She still had nightmares about the nymphaeum and the hypogeum under Rome.
Next Thing: She can’t reveal much, but she plans to construct a modern-day nymphaeum in Florence, Italy — a natural grotto devoted to nymphs used by Ancient Greeks and Romans.
But this spring, Italy’s Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Cultural Activities and Tourism will open the Nymphaeum Museum of Piazza Vittorio, a subterranean gallery that will showcase a section of the imperial garden that was unearthed during an excavation from 2006 to 2015.
Ground was broken for the Nymphaeum Museum in 2017.
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