Casa della Gemma (Insula or. I.1)

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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

Insula Orientalis I

House

House 1

Garden

Casa della Gemma (A)

Keywords

Garden Description

A. This garden (a) is built partially into the edge of the hill and partially on vaults. A square opening enclosed by a high wall in the center of the garden supplies light to the floor below, shared by both the Casa della Gemma with windows on three sides and the Casa del Rilievo di Telefo next door with windows on one side. The garden was perhaps jointly owned, although neither had an entrance into the area. Three sides of the garden had large raised gutters 0.74 m. wide; 0.70 m. high which collected roof water and conveyed it to a cistern in the atrium of Casa della Gemma. A sundial is located in this garden.

Plans

Plan of the new excavations of Herculaneum (Maiuri, Herculaneum)

Herculaneum - insula orientalis I. 1-3

Images

Herculaneum - insula orientalis I. 1-2 (Stanley Jashemski, Jashemski Archives, University of Maryland)

Herculaneum - insula orientalis I. 1-3 (Stanley Jashemski, Jashemski Archives, University of Maryland)

Places

Dates

Unspecified

Bibliography

Maiuri, Herculaneum, p.65 (worldcat)
Maiuri, Ercolano, p. 341 and fig. 266 (plan) on p. 337 (worldcat)
Gibbs, p. 295, no. 3074G

Insula or. I.1

Wed, 21 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

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

Insula Orientalis I

House

House 1

Garden

Keywords

Garden Description

B. The front of this house has an L-shaped terrace (b) which provided a passageway between the kitchen and the triclinium that opened onto the long loggia (c) with a spectacular view of the Bay. The terrace could have been decorated with potted plants. A gutter on the edges of the terrace, excepting the southeast corner, collected rain water.

Plans

Plan of the new excavations of Herculaneum (Maiuri, Herculaneum)

Herculaneum - insula orientalis I. 1-3

Images

Herculaneum - insula orientalis I. 1-1 (Stanley Jashemski, Jashemski Archives, University of Maryland)

Gardens of the Roman Empire

Casa della Gemma (Insula or. I.1)

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Location Description

Insula

House

Garden

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Garden Description

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Places

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Insula or. I.1

Province

Location

Location Description

Insula

House

Garden

Keywords

Garden Description

Plans

Images

Places

Dates

Bibliography