VIII.6.2/7. (no. 12 at Pompeii)

Contributor: Yifan Li
Published: 2021-04-21
Modified: 2025-06-29

Province

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

Region VIII

Insula

Insula VI

Keywords

Garden Description

At the time of the eruption this site (a) was under construction. A portico was being built on the south and west sides using brick-shaped tufa columns and three old tufa columns. The columns on the south were salvaged from an earlier building. This was a large area, the intended use not clear. It may have been a garden previously.

Plans

Fig. 20, Plan of Region VIII, Insula VI

Images

Fig.21, 12.31.59 (Stanley Jashemski, Jashemski Archives, University of Maryland)

Places

Excavation Dates

Unspecified

Bibliography

  • Bullettino dell'Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica (1883), plan between pp. 170 and 171 where this garden is VIII.vii.[6](worldcat)
  • Jashemski, Gardens, vol. II, p. 219 (worldcat)
  • Mau, Bullettino dell'Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica (1884), p. 137 plan (worldcat)
  • Sogliano, Notizie degli scavi di Antichita (1882), p. 281, 324, 359-360 (worldcat)

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