Italian-English language Crypta Romana information board at the Roman Crypt, Cumae Archaeological Park, Flegrean area, Italy
Italian-English information board at the Roman Crypt, Cumae Archaeological Park, Italy. Entitled 'Crypta Romana', with maps of the area and lettered plan of the crypt, it reads: 'The monument was dug into the the base of the hill on which lies the Acropolis. It was dug using techniques commonly used for digging blocks in tufa quarries. The gallery was built during the 1st century BC, contemporary to the construction of the Portus Julius at Lake Avernus and Lucrinus. It can be seen as part of the works ordered by the Emperor Augustus and his admiral Agrippa to increase military strength in the Flegrean area. Its purpose was to ensure speed of movement between Cumae and the Portus Julius. At many points the gallery rock was dressed with masonry to strengthen it. In the entrance corridor the masonry is in opus reticulatum ( blocks). In the large vestibule ... the north wall is realised in opus vittatum ( blocks) and has four large niches in opus retiiculatum for ... The vault of the vestibule was destroyed during the siege of the Byzantine army under commander General Narses (6th century AD) in order to weaken the overlying fortifications on the The gallery is illuminated and ventilated skylights in the vault and by another three in the western side of the The large tanks for storing water were dug out of the tufaceous rock in the final The siting of these water tanks, of approximately 2100 cubic metres capacity, along the length of the gallery, facilitated their use for provisioning ships anchored in the nearby port. During the Palaeochristian period the Crypt lost its original linking function and tombs were dug into the walls of the final part of the Towards the end of the 5th century the gallery was renewed ... The procured destruction of the vault during the Greek-Gothic wars in the 6th century brought about its final '
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Location: Roman Crypt Information Board, Roman Crypt, Cumae Archaeological Park, Cuma, Italy
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