VIII.7.24.

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 VII

Keywords

Garden Description

The rooms adjoining the atrium of this house, excavated in 1795-1798, had been converted to a sculptor’s workshop. To the left of the atrium and up fifteen steps was a garden (a) with a surrounding portico and a fountain in the center. The triclinium to the north offered a view of the garden and the fountain.

Plans

Fig. 28, Plan of Region VIII, Insula VII, 24-27

Fig. 28, Plan of Region VIII, Insula VII, 24-27

Pleiades ID

432873

TGN ID

7031897

Excavation Dates

Unspecified

Bibliography

  • Fiorelli, Descrizione di Pompei, p. 357 (worldcat)
  • Jashemski, Gardens, 1:198 (worldcat)
  • Jashemski, Gardens, vol. II, p. 222 (worldcat)
  • Mazois, Les ruines de Pompei dessinees et mesurees pendant les annees 1809-1810-1811, 2:54 and pl. 16 (plan) (worldcat)
  • Niccolini, Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei designati e descritti, vol. 2, “Descr. gen.,” p. 69 (worldcat)
  • Overbeck and Mau, Pompeji in seinen Gebäuden, Altertümern und Kunstwerken pp.281-282 and figs.156 (plan) and 157 on p.281 (worldcat)

Contributor

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

Publication date

21 Apr 2021