VIII.2.29-30.

Province

Italia
Italia (Pleiades)

Location

Pompeii
Pompeii (Pleiades)

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

Region VIII

Insula

Insula II

Keywords

Garden Description

There was a narrow portico on the eastern lower level of this double house 2.20 m. wide with columns connected by a wooden fence. Several steps lower the construction of a supporting wall on the lava ledge allowed room for a small garden (a) with a pool in the center. The house on the west had a terrace at this level which may have contained potted plants. A splendid view of the Bay and the mountains was offered from two wide terraces on the street level to the back of these houses, and these may have been used as roof gardens.

Plans

Plan of the Pompeii Region VIII, Insula II

Plan of the Pompeii Region VIII, Insula II

Plan of the Pompeii Region VIII, Insula II, 29-39

Plan of the Pompeii Region VIII, Insula II, 29-39

Pleiades ID

432873

TGN ID

7031897

Excavation Dates

Unspecified

Bibliography

  • Jashemski, Gardens, vol. II, pp. 208-209 (worldcat)
  • Mau, Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archaologischen Instituts (1884), pp. 212-214 [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/860559196)
  • Niccolini, Antonio, Fausto, and Felice, Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei designati e descritti, vol. 4, “Nuovi scavi,” p. 20 (worldcat)
  • Noack and Lehmann-Hartleben,Baugeschichtliche Untersuchungen am Stadtrand von Pompeji, fig. 27 (plan) on pp. 55-70 passim and fig. 17 on p. 62, fig. 18 on p. 65 (plan), pls. 9, 10 (plan and section) and pls. 22, 23 (reconstructions) (worldcat)
  • Sogliano, Notizie degli scavi di Antichita (1883), p. 347 (worldcat)

Contributor

Wilhelmina Jashemski (https://lib.guides.umd.edu/c.php?g=326514&p=2193250)

Publication date

21 Apr 2021