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HOUSE-BLOCK [1 record]

Record 1 2001-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
  • Urban Housing
DEF

Houses enclosed in a space formed by neighbouring and intersecting streets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie
  • Habitation et logement (Urbanisme)
DEF

insula : Mot latin désignant, à Rome [...] un îlot urbain, généralement rectangulaire, délimité par le réseau des cardines et decumani (mesure courante : 1 actus = 120 pieds x 2).

OBS

insula : pluriel «insulae»,

Key term(s)
  • insulae

Spanish

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