Pompeii

POMPEI INTRODUCTION

POMPEI INTRODUCTION

Thanks to the initiatives of the Bourbon family, when Goethe visited they had already been carrying out systematic excavations for about 30 years on the cities that had been buried by the eruption of...

THERMAE-REGIO VII

THERMAE-REGIO VII

In Pompeii, even today, in Regio VI you can see the Castellum Aquae, a structure built at the highest point of the city, inside which was a basin for collecting water from the aqueduct, from which it...

TEMPLE OF APOLLO-REGIO VII

TEMPLE OF APOLLO-REGIO VII

It was during the archaeological excavations that artifacts such as vases and votive objects, dating back as far as the sixth century BC, were discovered. These objects are currently kept in the...

FORUM-REGIO VII

FORUM-REGIO VII

Around the square, try to imagine a large portico with Doric columns, and a complex of public buildings such as the administrative offices, the 'Comitium' where elections were held, and the 'Basilica'...

LUPANARE-REGIO VII

LUPANARE-REGIO VII

It is necessary to make this clarification because this activity, which was legal and considered useful for society, did not only take place in the lupanare. Just imagine, at most businesses where...

HOUSES OF MARCUS RUFUS AND THE GOLDEN BRACELET-REGIO VII

HOUSES OF MARCUS RUFUS AND THE GOLDEN BRACELET-REGIO VII

Here, the domus were built right next to the walls, even incorporating them, and projecting their extension outside the walls, with splendid rooms and gardens laid out in terraces sloping down towards...

GRAND THEATRE-REGIO VIII

GRAND THEATRE-REGIO VIII

For this reason, a large semi-circular structure was built in Pompeii as early as the second century BC, now identified as the Grand Theatre, which was enlarged and modified over the following...

HOUSE OF THE TRAGIC POET-REGIO VI

HOUSE OF THE TRAGIC POET-REGIO VI

This work, in fact, depicts actors preparing to stage a tragedy. The genre of the performance can be guessed from the type of masks placed on the floor near the actors. What you are about to visit is...

HOUSE OF THE FAUN-REGIO VI

HOUSE OF THE FAUN-REGIO VI

On the pavement in front of the entrance you are greeted by a welcome sign in Latin, 'HAVE', and as soon as you enter you see, in the center of the impluvium of the main atrium, a copy of the famous...

HOUSE OF VETTII-REGIO VI

HOUSE OF VETTII-REGIO VI

The two former slaves, who became wealthy landowners, were mainly involved in trading agricultural products and wine. In order to create this large mansion, they had joined two pre-existing ones and...

VILLA OF THE MYSTERIES- REGIO VI SUBURBIO

VILLA OF THE MYSTERIES- REGIO VI SUBURBIO

It is a large, square-plan villa that had a different organization from classical Roman mansions. At the entrance, there was an area for the production and trade of wine and rooms such as kitchens...

HOUSE OF MENANDER-REGIO I

HOUSE OF MENANDER-REGIO I

Scholars believe that its owner, Quintus Poppaeus Sabinus, was related to Emperor Nero's second wife, Poppaea Sabina, and that he also owned the domus in Pompeii now known as the House of the Golden...

AMPHITHEATRE-REGIO II

AMPHITHEATRE-REGIO II

Elliptical in shape, with a length of 135 meters and a width of 104 meters, it could accommodate up to 20,000 spectators, protected from sun and weather by an imposing roof, the velarium. Precisely...

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