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<< Our Photo Pages >> Villa Nennig - Ancient Palace in Germany in Saarland

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Saturday, 13 August 2011  Page Views: 3719

Multi-periodSite Name: Villa Nennig
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 2.667 km away from the location you searched for.

Land: Saarland Type: Ancient Palace
Nearest Town: Merzig  Nearest Village: Nennig
Latitude: 49.529055N  Longitude: 6.384683E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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w650marion visited on 17th Jun 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4 The mosaic is fantastic and open for viewing but the villa grounds were closed.

Villa Nennig
Villa Nennig submitted by w650marion : The floor mosaic viewed from the gallery above. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Palace in Saarland

Ruins of a Roman mansion of the 3rd century CE. The most interesting site is the tremendous roman mosaic, the largest (15,65 x 10,30 m) one north of the alps. It shows gladiators, animals and musicians. Very interesting site!
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Villa Nennig
Villa Nennig submitted by w650marion : Another detail from the mosaic, I love the expression on the lion's face! And the kindly old lion keeper! (Vote or comment on this photo)

Villa Nennig
Villa Nennig submitted by w650marion : Detail from the mosaic. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Villa Nennig
Villa Nennig submitted by w650marion : So that's what a Roman water organ looks like! (Vote or comment on this photo)

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