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I.4.2

Contributor: Jessica Venner
Published: 2021-04-21
Last modified: 2026-06-13

Province

Location

Location Description

An ancient city of Campania destroyed by the volcanic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in CE 79, Pompeii was named as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.

Sublocation

Region I

Insula

Insula IV

Garden Description

This peristyle garden had two entrances on the west and the south. It was located at the rear of the tablinum and had a portico on the west and south enclosed by a low wall and supported by columns. At the west entrance there was a cistern. A large window that looked out into the garden located in the triclinium was framed by two engaged columns.

Bibliography

  • Fiorelli, G. 1860. Giornale degli scavi di Pompei, p. 65
  • Fiorelli, G. 1875. Descrizione di Pompei, p. 60 (worldcat)
  • Jashemski, W.F. 1993. Gardens of Pompeii: Herculaneum and the villas destroyed by Vesuvius. Vol. II, Appendices, p. 29 (worldcat)
  • Niccolini, F. Le case ed i monumenti di Pompeii, Naples, Vol. II, p. 79

Keywords

Garden

Peristyle garden in a domestic property with a viridarium to the rear.

Places

Excavation Dates

Excavated 1869.