Historical Sites

With its 3000m² it is the largest house in Pompeii: built over a previous dwelling at the beginning of the 2nd century BC, its current form is the res… Read the rest

L’Acquedotto Medievale di Salerno, chiamato appunto “Ponti del Diavolo”, ha un lungo e glorioso passato, fatto di storie e di leggende, di importantis… Read the rest

The Ionic capitals of the porticoed garden date the dwelling to 140-120 BC; it has an ‘atrium style’ layout, based on the entrance-atrium-tablinum axi… Read the rest

Campaign slogans and two signet rings tell us that this domus belonged to the Vettii, wealthy freedmen: renovated in the 1st cent. AD, it centers arou… Read the rest

The opus quadratum façade shows how ancient this house is: the earthquake of 62 AD forced renovations that were still in progress at the time of the e… Read the rest

Built (approximately 70 BC) by the duumvirs Q. Valgus and M. Porcius, this is one of the oldest and best preserved amphitheaters in existence, and hel… Read the rest

The name is due to the cherubs on gold laminate (at the Naples Museum) that decorated one room: graffiti reveal the owner to be Cn. Poppaeus Habitus,… Read the rest

This dates from the 2nd cent. BC, but the remodelling after the 62 AD earthquake converted the ground floor of the house into workrooms, while the res… Read the rest

Iron and bronze surgical instruments such as probes, gynecological forceps, catheters, scalpels give the house its name, one of the most ancient in Po… Read the rest

This is a typical ‘atrium style’ house, although rather smaller compared to other grandiose dwellings. The name comes from the mosaic emblema in the t… Read the rest