Casa del Bicentenario
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
V
House
15-16
Garden
Casa del Bicentenario
Keywords
Garden Description
551.V.15-16. Two hundred years after the first excavation efforts started at Herculaneum in 1738, this house was excavated and the restoration finished, thereby receiving its name. A passageway with windows bordered the garden (a) on the west and a portico with seven columns joined by a low wall stood on the east and north of this garden measuring 9.90 x 4.90 meters. A wide water channel encircled the garden on three sides and there were two entrances, one opposite the tablinium on the north and the other at the southeast corner of the garden. The neck of a large dolium formed the mouth of a well with a heavy masonry puteal located in the center of the garden
Plans
Places
Dates
unspecified
Excavation Date
1738
Bibliography
- Jashemski, Gardens, vol.II, p. 371
- Maiuri, Herculaneum,p. 48;
- Maiuri, Ercolano, pp.51, 233 and fig. 174 (plan) on p. 222