An ancient Roman technique of facing concrete walls with diamond-shaped blocks of tufa stone to achieve a net-like ornamental surface pattern.
Opus reticulatum used on an exterior wall of Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli, Italy. Ca. 125 CE.
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Opus reticulatum used on an exterior wall of Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli, Italy. Ca. 125 CE.