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VIII.3.21.

Contributor: Yifan Li
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

Insula

Insula III

Garden Description

This small house had a roofed passageway supported by one column that bordered the garden (a) on the south and east. A low masonry wall enclosed the garden on these same sides and the north wall had a small arched niche with an aedicula façade.

Plans

Plan of Region VIII Insula III

Keywords

Places

Excavation Dates

Unspecified

Bibliography

  • Boyce, Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii, Memoris of the American Academy in Rome (1937), p. 76, no. 356 and pl. 3.5 (worldcat)
  • Fiorelli, Descrizione di Pompei, p. 328 (worldcat)
  • Jashemski, Gardens, vol. II, p. 211 (worldcat)
  • Niccolini, Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei designati e descritti, vol.2, "Descr. gen," p. 66 (worldcat)