VII.6.6 Pompeii. One room shop. Excavated 1760,1841,1910?

According to Garcia y Garcia Region VII, Insula VI was one of the insulae most devastated over the years since its excavation.

He calls it the “Cinderella” of Pompeii. Between the years 1759 and 1762 it was vandalised and stripped by the Bourbons, then re-interred.

Then came the slow and non-systematic uncovering again before the final destruction in September 1943.

The area was ignored and abandoned during the years following the war, which reduced the insula to a heap of bricks and masonry.

See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.102).

VII.6.6 Pompeii. December 2005. Looking south across site of sill or threshold of entrance to shop.

VII.6.6 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking south-west from entrance towards remains of VII.6.7

VII.6.6 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking south across site of shop, the left half of the photo shows VII.6.7, the right half shows VII.6.3.

VII.6.6 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking south from site of shop into atrium of VII.6.7