Splendid colored mosaic on vault of Mercury Baths comes to light in Bacoli

During maintenance work at the Terme di Mercurio baths in Bacoli, in the Archaeological Park of the Phlegraean Fields, a splendid colored mosaic was found and unearthed. Making the announcement was Mayor Josi Gerardo Della Ragione on his Facebook profile: “Bacoli is a land of myth and history. Here, every day, incredible discoveries are made. Look at this mosaic, which emerged from the vaults of the Imperial Palace of Baia. At the Baths of Mercury. There where there is the fig tree growing underneath. Imagine how wonderful it must have been. With hundreds of glass paste tiles. From yellow to blue, green to red. On the entire ceiling. I thank the Archaeological Park of the Phlegraean Fields for the work of recovering and enhancing our archaeological treasures. We have an immense heritage, which the whole world envies us. Together, we still have so much to do. One step at a time.”

The glass paste mosaic was discovered in the vault of the “inverted fig” room: the cleaned portion of the mosaic has already made visible intertwining branches and leaves, rendered in various shades of yellow and green tiles, and groups of fruits that were to be depicted on the entire ceiling. “All it took was a stroke of a wet brush to make it an exceptional day,” they let the Archaeological Park know, "with an explosion of colors: green, yellow, red, blue, in scattered shades on hundreds of glass paste tesserae.“ ”We have cleaned a small portion of it thanks to the expert hands of our restorer Andrea Cardillo, but the preserved parts are much larger, and we look forward to discovering them," they add.

Splendid colored mosaic on vault of Mercury Baths comes to light in Bacoli

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