This is probably a viridarium (Roman garden) with porticoes,
a terrace with a garden for pleasure and relaxation that is
adorned with rare plants and decorative elements.
In the axis of the garden stands the well whose
coping is cut out of a single block of stone.
The garden measures 14 by 9 meters.
Two juxtaposed ponds, one circular with a
diameter of 3 m and a depth of 0.70 m, the
other rectangular (3.10 m by 2.30 m), decorated
this garden. Their bottoms consist of an
assembly of briquettes in the "opus spicatum"
(herringbone pattern) style.
In its current state, the garden is crossed in the
north - south direction by the foundations of the
west wall of the paleochristian basilica which
breaks the perspective.
It was surrounded on its four sides by porticoes of unequal widths.
The stylobate (foundation of a
colonnade), of which only a part of the
south side remains, supported sixteen
columns providing three inter-column
spaces on the short sides and five on the
large ones. A gutter for the collection of
rainwater ran down a pipe connected to
the large drain of street C.
Four sections of sandstone columns, from a
Gallo-Roman house on Rue Calixte
Camelle in NARBONNE, which has now
disappeared, have been erected and
represent the porticoes.
This rectangular peristyle with a total area of 180 m² (about 1950 sqft) measures 22.5 m (about 75 ft) in
the north-west to south-east direction and 13.6 m (about 45 ft) in the north-east to south-west direction.
The south-facing walkway is the most spacious. The floor of the peristyle was covered with a black
mosaic and white stripes.
The Villa Conimbriga in
Portugal and the house
of the Vetti in Pompeii
have gardens with
porticoes similar to those
of this domus (city house)
of Narbo Martius.
Piédestal qui porte des colonnes
Péristyle : lieu environné intérieurement de colonnes
The garden measures 14 by 9 meters.
Two juxtaposed ponds, one circular with a
diameter of 3 m and a depth of 0.70 m, the
other rectangular (3.10 m by 2.30 m), decorated
this garden. Their bottoms consist of an
assembly of briquettes in the "opus spicatum"
(herringbone pattern) style.
In its current state, the garden is crossed in the
north - south direction by the foundations of the
west wall of the paleochristian basilica which
breaks the perspective.
It was surrounded on its four sides by porticoes of unequal widths.
The stylobate (foundation of a
colonnade), of which only a part of the
south side remains, supported sixteen
columns providing three inter-column
spaces on the short sides and five on the
large ones. A gutter for the collection of
rainwater ran down a pipe connected to
the large drain of street C.
Four sections of sandstone columns, from a
Gallo-Roman house on Rue Calixte
Camelle in NARBONNE, which has now
disappeared, have been erected and
represent the porticoes.
This rectangular peristyle with a total area of 180 m² (about 1950 sqft) measures 22.5 m (about 75 ft) in
the north-west to south-east direction and 13.6 m (about 45 ft) in the north-east to south-west direction.
The south-facing walkway is the most spacious. The floor of the peristyle was covered with a black
The Villa Conimbriga in
Portugal and the house
of the Vetti in Pompeii
have gardens with
porticoes similar to those
of this domus (city house)
of Narbo Martius.
