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Covered with a glass paste mosaic, with shells and lava foam and topped with marble theatrical masks. Above the niche area is the tank that fed the fountain. Nymphaeums were monument sconsecrated to the nymphs of springs. a monument consecrated to the nymphs, especially those of springs. These monuments were originally natural grottoes, which tradition assigned as habitations to the local nymphs. They were designed to supply a source of fresh water to the household.
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Western Europe
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