Impluvium

A domus, with impluvium numbered 7

The impluvium (pl.: impluvia) is a water-catchment pool system meant to capture rain-water flowing from the compluvium, an area of roof.[1][2] Often placed in a courtyard, under an opening in the roof, and thus "inside", instead of "outside", a building, it is a notable feature in many architectural traditions.

  1. ^ Gagarin, Michael (2009). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 175.
  2. ^ Tang, Birgit (2005). Delos, Carthage, Ampurias The Housing of Three Mediterranean Trading Centres. Coppenhagen: L'Erma di Bretschneider. p. 25.