VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. Casa degli Capitelli colorati or Casa di Arianna

or House of Ariadne or House of the Coloured Capitals.  

Linked to VII.4.32, VII.4.33 and VII.4.51. Excavated 1822, 1832 and 1846.

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Via degli Augustali, looking west from outside VII.4.31. December 2007.

 

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. December 2004. Main Entrance on Via degli Augustali.

 

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. 

Looking south along room 1, the entrance fauces, to main entrance at VII.4.31 on Via degli Augustali.

 

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. December 2004. Looking north from entrance corridor.

 

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, atrium with remains of impluvium. 

Looking north, through two peristyles to other entrance in Via della Fortuna.

 

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. May 2010. Room 2, south-east corner of atrium.

 

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, south-west corner of atrium. 

 

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. May 2010. South-west corner of atrium, room 2.

 

 

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. May 2010.

Room 2, looking towards west side of atrium with doorways to rooms 3, 4, 5 and 6.

 

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 3, cubiculum.

 

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 4, cubiculum.

 

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 4, west wall of cubiculum. 

 

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009.

Room 4, decorated floor at base of north wall of cubiculum.

 

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 5, cubiculum.

 

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, remains of floor.

 

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, north-west corner of cubiculum. 

Remains of stucco and painted plaster on upper wall.

The middle section had been plastered but not painted and the lower wall had not been started at all. 

The work of decoration was obviously interrupted and never finished.

 

VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, atrium. Looking south-west to rooms on west side.

 

 

 

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