Cite this garden Jashemski, W. (2021). "Casa del Colonnato Tuscanico (VI.17/26)." Gardens of the Roman Empire, accessed June 18, 2026. https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/ed31244283/

Casa del Colonnato Tuscanico (VI.17/26)

Contributor: Yifan Li
Published: 2021-04-21
Last modified: 2026-06-13

Dates

Unspecified

Province

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)