Trees and Space in Roman Cityscape
1 : Institutum Romanum Finlandiae
In this paper, the non-constructed green areas of Roman cityscapes are in focus. Trees were considered by Pliny, in the Naturalis Historia, as original, primordial temples. Colonnades and porticoes were often doubled by rows of trees as natural columns. Shade of trees is often described in Roman literature as a natural "triclinium" or "cubiculum". In this study, such literary passages are confronted with archaeological and topography evidence discussing the the mapping of trees in Rome and Pompeii. Trees flanking and surroinding temples on the exterior, and lining the insides of peristyles, can be considered as hybris spaces between the constructed and non-constructed, natural and architectonic space.
| Type : | : | Résumé |
| Thématiques | : | Session 16bis : Rome, Pompéi, Ostie, hors des bâtiments : utilisation and abus des espaces urbains non construits (A. Karivieri, R. Berg) |
| Mots-Clés | : | Roman topography ; trees ; nature |
| PDF version | : |  PDF version |
