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Casa D'Argo

Contributor: Tiffany Y. Fong
Published: 2020-09-29
Modified: 2025-06-29

Province

Location

Location Description

An ancient Roman town of Campania destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D.79. Named as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.

Insula

II

House

2

Garden

Casa D'Argo

Keywords

Garden Description

533.II.2. A. The earliest excavations of Herculaneum were done with underground tunnels. Several of these crossed this site and were discovered sixty three years later when further excavation of this patrician house was conducted in1828-1835. Eight brick columns and one engaged column stood on each of the long sides of the portico that bounded the large peristyle garden (a) on the east, north, and west sides. The north side was supported by four more columns and at the two front corners there was a pillar with an engaged column on each side. In the center of the north side two smaller pillars with one engaged column each framed a garden view from the triclinium. All the supporting members were coated with fine stucco. Gutters ringing the garden conveyed rain water to the cistern.

534.II.2. B. A second peristyle garden was located to the west of the first, but has only been partially excavated. It has stuccoed columns and pillars joined by a wall 0.4 m. high painted with plants and flowers.

Plans

Plan of Casa D'Argo

Dates

unspecified

Excavation Date

1828-1835

Bibliography

  • A.C. BdI (1835),p. 130 (worldcat)
  • Bonucci, BdI (1830), p.121 (worldcat)
  • Bonucci, Le due Sicilie: Ercolano, fig. 11 (plan) and p. 37 (worldcat)
  • Breton,Pompeia p. 519 (worldcat)
  • Maiuri, Herculaneum, p. 24 (worldcat)
  • Maiuri,Ercolano, pp. 367-368 and fig. 293 (plan) on p. 362 (worldcat)
  • Niccolini,Real museo borbonico, vol. 7, fig. 59 (plan), description by Bechi, pp. 19-21 (worldcat)
  • Ruggiero, Ercolano, pp. 541-545 (contains the detailed reports of Bonucci)(worldcat)

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