VII.16.1 Pompeii. Large house over the city wall. Excavated 1873. 

Bombed in 1943. Reconstructed 1950. 

 

VII.16. Pompeii. September 2005. Looking east  along Via Marina from inside the Marine Gate.

 

Marina Gate and Via Marina, Pompeii. March 2009. Looking west towards the Marine Gate.

 

Pompeii. September 2005. Porta Marina and remains of columns of portico outside VII.16.1.

Taken from Temple of Venus.

 

VII.16.1 Pompeii. July 2011.Looking west along portico in front of VII.16.1 on Via Marina.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

Pompeii. March 2009. Temple of Venus, on left.

North Wall of Temple, and remains of large portico on Via Marina. Looking west.

 

VII.16.1 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking west along the remains of the large portico.

This was supported by pilasters and columns that ran along the south side of insula VII.16

 

VII.16 Pompeii. Looking west towards VII.16.1, VII.16.2, VII.16.3, VII.16.4.

Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.

 

VII.16.1 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking west towards doorways of VII.16.1-4 on Via Marina.

 

VII.16.1 Pompeii. December 2004. Entrance doorway at west end of porticus.

 

VII.16.1 Pompeii. September 2005.

Looking north-west from Temple of Venus towards entrance doorway, on right.

On the left behind the wall would have been the area of the portico and peristyle.

According to Garcia y Garcia, this house was badly hit by the bombing on 13th September 1943.

The bombing totally demolished the atrium, five annexed rooms on the north and east sides, and the portico near the baths.

The impluvium has now totally vanished.

In many ways, the restoration of 1950 has changed and distorted the original plan of the house.

The stairs on the north-west side of the atrium and the portico have vanished.

The baths of the house are now accessible only from no.12.

Near the baths was a portico of fourteen columns. The portico does not exist anymore, erased by the bombardment.

See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.130-1)

According to Jashemski, the peristyle garden was reached by a short flight of steps, at the left west rear of the atrium.

It was enclosed by a portico on the south, east and north, supported by columns.

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.201)

 

VII.16.1 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking north towards entrance doorway, from Temple of Venus.

The atrium can be seen through the doorway, with the tablinum on its north side, straight ahead from atrium.

On the east side of the tablinum, would have been a triclinium, on the right of tablinum.

 

VII.16.1 Pompeii, on left ,and VII.16.2, on right, from Temple of Venus. September 2005.

 

VII.16.1 Pompeii. September 2005. Entrance doorway and east side of atrium.

The tablinum can be seen, centre left.

The triclinium can be seen, centre right.

In front of the triclinium would have been two cubicula, on the east side of the atrium.

 

VII.16.1 Pompeii. December 2007.

Courtyard and three small rooms in north-west corner, now only accessible from VII.16.12.

 

VII.16.1 Pompeii. December 2007. Courtyard and three small rooms in north-west corner.

These are now only accessible from VII.16.12.

 

VII.16.1 Pompeii. December 2007. South-west corner of courtyard in north-west corner of house. 

 

VII.16.1 Pompeii. December 2007. Courtyard in north-west corner and entrance to bath suite.

 

VII.16.1 Pompeii. December 2007. North room of bath suite.

 

VII.16.1 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway (modern) from rear of courtyard to corridor.