VI.15.1 Pompeii. House of the Vettii or Casa dei Vettii or Domus Vettiorum.

Excavated 1894-1895. Linked to VI.15.27.

In Notizie degli Scavi, prior to January 1897, this house was described as being in Insula 12 of Reg. VI, afterwards it was changed to Insula 15 of Reg. VI.

Peristyle and Viridarium Area.

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VI.15.1 Pompeii. Peristyle. View of garden looking north in May 2001.   

Photograph courtesy of Current Archaeology.

 

VI.15.1 Pompeii. Old postcard. Peristyle garden looking north. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

VI.15.1 Pompeii. Early 1900s? Peristyle garden, looking north-east. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

The marble statue of Bacchus can be seen in the lower right corner.

 

VI.15.1 Pompeii. Marble statue of Bacchus, 63cm high.

Found in 1894 in south-east corner of peristyle. SAP inventory number 53505.

 

VI.15.1 Pompeii. Detail of marble statue of Bacchus, 63cm high. 

Found in 1894. SAP inventory number 53505.

 

VI.15.1 Pompeii. Detail of marble statue of Bacchus, 63cm high. 

Found in 1894. SAP inventory number 53505.

 

VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking north in room in north-west corner of peristyle.

According to Garcia y Garcia, the doorway in the north wall of this room was opened to aid the carrying away of the debris from the 1943 bombing.

This is a modern doorway.

See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.96)

 

VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking east along north side of peristyle.

 

VI.15.1 Pompeii. c.1943-6. Peristyle garden, looking north. War damage.

Photo courtesy of British School at Rome Digital Collections.

See http://www.bsrdigitalcollections.it/details.aspx?ID=5608&ST=SS

 

VI.15.1 Pompeii. 1944. Peristyle garden, looking north. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

According to Garcia y Garcia, not even the most famous house in Pompeii was saved from the 1943 bombardment.

The troops of tourists that have visited there each day, are mostly ignorant of the reality of the events.

On the night of 16th September 1943, a bomb fell and destroyed the north-east corner of the peristyle causing the subsidence of the floor of the peristyle.

This also caused the destruction of a part of the north perimeter wall, the ruin of three columns in the peristyle, and the partial loss of the IV style painted wall from the north portico, and the west wall of the peristyle.

Damage was also suffered in the south-west part of the triclinium and the north wall of the oecus of Pasifae, to the north-east of the peristyle.

The south corner of the women’s gynaeceum to the north of the peristyle was also partially ruined.

In the south-east corner of this area was the triclinium decorated with the painting of Hercules and Auge on the south wall.

This was damaged in its lower parts, without the possibility of restoration.

Partially damaged was the roof of the walkways around the peristyle, and that of the oecus of Pasifae, and in the cubiculum to the north of the atrium.

The other paintings in the house were saved by a miracle.

See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.93-96, including photos)

 

VI.15.1 Pompeii. 1949. Peristyle garden, looking north. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

VI.15.1 Pompeii. North side of peristyle, looking east.

Bronze garden fountain statuette of boy, bird and grapes, May 2001.

Photograph courtesy of Current Archaeology.

 

VI.15.1 Pompeii. Possibly early 1900s?

Looking south from north portico, across peristyle garden. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

VI.15.1 Pompeii.

Peristyle, looking south across garden in May 2001. Photograph courtesy of Current Archaeology.

 

 

 

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