Today, Malcolm and I took ourselves off to Premià’s Museu Romà. It’s a museum brought into being because of a discovery during the development of new buildings in the 1990s of an important Roman site. It proved to have been what we might consider a conference and exhibition centre, built in the 5th century CE and an important place to promote the greatly appreciated wine grown on the estate. As the Roman Empire fell, so did the building’s fortunes. But after a few years, it re-invented itself, finding a new use as a home and wine-producing business. And later still, as a graveyard.
Star of the show is a wonderful floor mosaic, incredibly detailed and beautiful by any standards, and employing a full range of geometric idioms. It was hard to photograph satisfactorily, but here are a few shots – square of course.
From Pyrenees to Pennines 
Wow! That’s just beautiful. I thought it was a carpet until I read your description.
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Beautiful now but it must have been stupendous in its newly installed colours.
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Indeed!
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oooh a day of adventure just for yourselves – how splendid. And this floor is splendid too – such intricate geometry
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It’s astonishing. And a wonderful museum. If it were in Barcelona, it would be over-run. As it was, we were the only two visitors.
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It is a fabulous mosaic…such beautiful and intricate patterns that it boggles the mind that such a thing was possible. Last May I was lucky to visit the Corinium Museum in Cirencester and was facinated by all I saw. What an amazing culture.
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It’s years since I was there. Some great Roman artefacts in that part of England.
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Stunning mosaics.
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Just …. marvellous.
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Clever people, those Romans. What a marvellous old floor!
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Hmph! My next post is a story which features Roman mosaics. Not stealing your ideas…honest!
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There are so many wonderful mosaics, there’s room for us all.
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I know! Just spitting my dummy out xx
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It is stunning
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Truly, it is.
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That intricate work is fascinating!
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Isn’t it just?
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Where are you? Are you in Rome!! Great photos – thanks for the link!
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No! Just north of Barcelona where my daughter and her family live!
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What a wonderful place to visit!! Lucky, lucky you!!!
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I know!
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Perfect for the challenge. I like the sepia shades too.
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Quite agree!
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Fantastic mosaics! And quite geometrical!
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Very geometrical!
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It fits the bill, doesn’t it?
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Wonderful and amazing that it has survived so long.
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Yes. Quite a lot of the Roman past here has been lost by lack of awareness in early building projects.
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I’m amazed by how intricate these mosaic designs can be. So hard to keep track of what you’re doing with tiny bits of stone when close up….
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Quite! Patience and neat fingers required.
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That is stunning!
Bernie
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It really is quite something.
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Fabulous floor Margaret
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I always find it hard to photograph such floors – I want to be able to point the camera straight down but that’s not possible as you (for obvious reasons!) aren’t allowed to walk on them. But you’ve managed to capture all those geometric elements nicely and squared them too, as a bonus!
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I felt it was a challenge I had to rise to, and it wasn’t easy, so thanks.
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