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The element of water

Room 2
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Room 2 focuses on the significance of the water element for Same and especially for the Roman city.

Research here has revealed important installations related to the use of water, such as a fountain house and bath complexes, whose remains occupy a large part of Same. For this reason, part of a hypocaust room has been reproduced  in the Collection, combined with a reconstruction of the bathing process.

The exhibition’s information boards give the opportunity to visitors to get to know about the baths that existed not only in Same but also in Fiscardo.

The significance of the sea for the inhabitants of Same and of the city of Panormos can also be appreciated in the section on “Sea transports – underwater excavations”.

Sections
  1. Fountainhouse
  2. Roman Baths
  3. Underwater Excavations

Fountainhouse

The Roman-era fountainhouse at the northern end of the present city, which supplied the area with drinking water, is the main topic of the first section of the water element in Same.

Same's Fountainhouse. Designed byA. Kokoni.Edited by Horizon.

Roman baths

In the section of Roman baths are presented findings that were used in the halls of the bath buildings. Emphasis is placed on the reproduction of a part of the underfloor space from the bath of Same and the way of heating the chambers.

Lamp with plant decoration. Same, South cemetery, Souidias street. Second half of 1st century A.D.
Lamp with plant decoration. Same, South cemetery, Souidias street. Second half of 1st century AD

Sea transports – underwater excavations

In the section “Underwater excavations” are presented underwater amphorae – which come from the sea area of Same, Agia Efimia and Fiskardo – with visible marks on them from their long stay at the bottom of the sea, confirm the importance of its ports eastern and northern Kefalonia for the trade of the island.