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Location
Location Description
An ancient city of Campania destroyed by the volcanic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79, Pompeii was named as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.
Sublocation
Insula
Keywords
Garden
Small viridarium to the rear of a house.
Garden Description
The small viridarium at the rear of the house had narrow, slightly raised beds along the walls on the north and east side. These beds were for the cultivation of flowers, according to Fiorelli. A small vestibule on the north side of the garden was decorated with remnants of tufa columns brought from another site.
Bibliography
- Fiorelli, G. 1875. Descrizione di Pompei, p. 37 (worldcat)
- Jashemski, W.F. 1993, Gardens of Pompeii: Herculaneum and the villas destroyed by Vesuvius. Vol. II, Appendices, p. 21 (worldcat)
- Niccolini, F. Le case ed i monumenti di Pompeii, Naples, Vol. II, p. 76
- Viola, L. 1879. Gli scavi di Pompei dal 1873 al 1878, p. 10
- Warscher, T. 1937-1957. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, plate no.12.
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TGN ID
Excavation Dates
1916, 1950, 1985. Bombed in 1943.
Contributor
Wilhelmina Jashemski (https://lib.guides.umd.edu/c.php?g=326514&p=2193250)
Publication date
21 Apr 2021