File:UN Building A Virgil Mosaic.jpg

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Object

Virgil mosaic

Title

Virgil mosaic

Object type

mosaic

Depicted people

Virgil

Date

3^rd century

Medium

marble

Dimensions

length: 1.2 m (48 in)

; width: 1.2 m (48 in)

Collection

Ancient Roman art in the Bardo National Museum
Parent institution	Bardo National Museum
Authority file	: Q101859162

Place of creation

Hadrumetum

Place of discovery

Sousse

Object history

discovered (Sousse)

References

http://www.bardomuseum.tn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=78%3Avirgile&catid=43%3Alatine-romaine-&Itemid=74&lang=fr

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English: Facsimile replication of the Virgil mosaic in the Bardo National Museum in Tunis, Tunesia. It was presented to the UN by the Tunesian president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali on 8 June 1995 and is meanwhile recognized as Cultural property of national significance in Switzerland. The mosaic depicts the Roman poet Virgil along with Clio the Muse of History and Melpomene the Muse of Tragedy.

Français : Virgile et les deux muses, une mosaïque romaine du III^e siècle découverte en 1895 à Sousse (Tunisie) et exposée au musée national du Bardo (Tunisie)
Reproduction offerte par le président tunisien Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali aux Nations Unies le 8 juin 1995

This is an image of a cultural property of national significance in Switzerland with KGS number

2481

Date

15 September 2012

Source

Self-photographed

Author

Mourad Ben Abdallah

This photograph was made by Mourad Ben Abdallah (User:Moumou82) and released under the license(s) stated below.
You are free to use it for any purpose as long as you credit me and follow the terms of the license.

English: Credits to Mourad Ben Abdallah / Wikimedia Commons

Français : Crédits à Mourad Ben Abdallah / Wikimedia Commons

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