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Corridor of the Great Hunt
The Great Hunt
The villa's most monumental mosaic: 60 metres of exotic animal capture scenes.
History and Description
The Great Hunt corridor is one of the villa's masterpieces, decorated with a continuous narrative of capturing and transporting exotic animals.
Animals Depicted
The mosaic includes a rich variety of animals:
- • Lions
- • Elephants
- • Antelopes and ostriches
- • Tigers and other exotic species
Artistic Details
Its dynamism, movement and narrative richness make it one of the most powerful works of Roman mosaic art.
Where It Is
It is one of the first monumental spaces encountered on the villa route.
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