Casa di Galba (VII.2)

Wed, 21 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Dates

Unspecified

Province

Italia
Italia (Pleiades:1052)

Location

Herculaneum (Pleiades:432873)

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

Insula VII

Garden

Casa di Galba

Garden Description

The excavation of this site was begun in 1873-1874 and is still incomplete. A silver bust, supposedly of the emperor Galba, found in the street in front of this house gave the site its name. Twelve stuccoed tufa columns support a portico which encloses this peristyle garden. A marble faced cruciform basin in the center contained a small column with a fountain. The columns were connected by a low wall with an entrance on the east opposite the exedra providing a view of the garden and fountain.

Plans

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

Keywords

Places

Bibliography

Maiuri, Herculaneum, pp. 25-26 (worldcat) Maiuri, Ercolano, pp. 405-406 and fig. 340 (plan) on p. 404 (worldcat) Ruggiero, Ercolano, p. 663 (worldcat)

Insula VII on Gardens of the Roman Empire