Insula VI on Gardens of the Roman Empire

Casa del Colonnato Tuscanico (VI.17/26)

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Dates

Unspecified

Province

Italia
Italia (Pleiades:1052)

Location

Location Description

An ancient Roman town of Campania destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE. Named as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.

Insula

House

House 17

Garden

Casa del Colonnato Tuscanico

Garden Description

This house with an L-shaped floor plan had a peristyle garden (a) at the juncture of the two wings enclosed by a seventeen column portico. The garden entrance facing the large room to the north had double columns, and the garden could be approached from the atrium or from the entrance off the street on the west.

Plans

Plan of the new excavations of Herculaneum (Maiuri, Herculaneum)

Herculaneum VI.11-19,25-26-Case del Colonnato Tuscanico

Keywords

Places

Bibliography

G.Cerulli Irelli, La casa del Colonnato Tuscanico, MemNap 7 (1974): 49 and fig. 1 (plan)(worldcat)

Casa del Salone Nero (VI.13/11)

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Dates

Unspecified

Province

Italia
Italia (Pleiades:1052)

Location

Location Description

An ancient Roman town of Campania destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE. Named as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.

Insula

House

House 13

Garden

Casa del Salone Nero

Garden Description

Excavation of this garden (a) to the rear of this elegant house took place in the spring of 1939. The garden was completely surround by a portico which had eight columns and two pillars on the north side with engaged columns placed strategically so as to provide an unimpeded view from the tablinum. The southwest corner of the garden was the location of a small pool (0.82 x 0.63).

Plans

Plan of the new excavations of Herculaneum (Maiuri, Herculaneum)

Herculaneum VI.11-19,25-26-Casa del Salone Nero

Keywords

porticoes (AAT:300004145)
tablina (AAT:300004180)

Places

Bibliography

Maiuri, Ercolano, p. 240 and fig. 187 (plan) on p. 239 (worldcat)