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Compluvium vs Impluvium - What's the difference?

compluvium | impluvium |

Impluvium is a related term of compluvium.



In architecture terms the difference between compluvium and impluvium

is that compluvium is a space left unroofed over the court of a dwelling in Ancient Rome, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern while impluvium is a low basin in the center of a household atrium, into which rainwater flowed down from the roof through the compluvium.

compluvium

English

Noun

(compluvia)
  • (architecture) A space left unroofed over the court of a dwelling in Ancient Rome, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern.
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    impluvium

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (architecture) A low basin in the center of a household atrium, into which rainwater flowed down from the roof through the compluvium.

    • References

    Soprintendenza archeologica di Pompei [http://www2.pompeiisites.org/database/pompei/pompei2.nsf/pagine/AF1D1410A62DB415C1256AB6003528F6?OpenDocument] ----