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Rocchicella, PalikéSicily, Italy• the hestiaterion • |
page updated December 27, 2007
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In its original form, the hestiaterion consisted of four lateral rooms each with a square plan (roughly five meters along each side) and three smaller rooms (roughly three meters along each side) arranged around a central space which was open to form a monumental entrance along the southern side. In the larger rooms the banqueters reclined on dining couches (klinai) the way one would at a Greek symposion. The dimensions of these rooms permitted the placement of seven couches per room. The smaller rooms were, instead, most likely service quarters. | ||||||||
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The computer model created by
Learning Sites was developed under the direction of the buildings' principal
investigator, Dr. Brian McConnell, and is based on a detailed analysis
of the remains discovered in the excavations undertaken by the Superintendency
for Cultural and Environmental Resources of Catania, Sicily. The
virtual reality reconstruction includes a wooden hip roof structure with
terracotta roof-tiles. Careful study of the entrance step into the
wide central area suggests that there were four columns and a frieze of
triglyphs and metopes along the architrave.
The interactive model and linked images and text are being made available for public viewing in computer kiosks erected at the site interpretation center. |
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Soprintendenza per i BB.CC.AA. di Catania, Assessorato BB.CC.AA., Regione Siciliana. Superintendent
-- Dott. Ugo Gioviale
Thanks are acknowledged also to the various workmen and scholars who have contributed their energy and suggestions to this project. |
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