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A possible depiction of the Great Church of Antioch (to the right) next to the Imperial Palace, from the border of the late 5th century Megalopsychia hunt mosaic, found in Daphne, near Antioch. Domus Aurea (in English Golden House) or the Great Church in Antioch was the cathedral where the Patriarch of Antioch preached.
The Domus Aurea (Latin, "Golden House") was a vast landscaped complex built by the Emperor Nero largely on the Oppian Hill in the heart of ancient Rome after the great fire in 64 AD had destroyed a large part of the city.
Location of the Colossus (in red near the center) on a map of Rome. The Colossus of Nero (Colossus Neronis) was a 30-metre (98 ft) bronze statue that the Emperor Nero (37–68 AD) created in the vestibule of his Domus Aurea, the imperial villa complex which spanned a large area from the north side of the Palatine Hill, across the Velian ridge to the Esquiline Hill in Rome.
Golden House, or Domus Aurea, was a large palace built by the Emperor Nero in the heart of ancient Rome. Golden House or The Golden House may also refer to: The Golden House, a tourist attraction in Hong Kong; The Golden House, a 2017 novel by Salman Rushdie; Golden House, a 2010 South Korean television series
Her tomb was transferred here from the Santa Aurea Church in Ostia Antica, Italy on 11 April 1424. [7] Her sarcophagus was designed by Isaia da Pisa (1410–1464) in 1455, and is now located in the Chapel of Saint Monica (left of the apse). Norways's Archbishop Olav Trondsson died on 25 November 1474. His tombstone reads: "CVI DEDERAT SACRAM ...
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Preceded by Domus Augustana. Domus Aurea Succeeded by Domus Transitoria. Whereas the text has the Golden House replacing the Domus Transitoria, the latter destroyed in the great fire of 64 A.D. The page on the Domus Augustana indicates it was built around 92 A.D. well after the Golden House. Claverhouse 03:08, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
The exedra achieved particular popularity in ancient Roman architecture during the Roman Empire.In the 1st century AD, Nero's architects incorporated exedrae throughout the planning of his Domus Aurea, enriching the volumes of the party rooms, a part of what made Nero's palace so breathtakingly pretentious to traditional Romans, for no one had ever seen domes and exedrae in a dwelling before.