House of Octavius Quartio (II,2,2) The house, also known as that of Loreio Tiburtino, belonged to D. Octavius Quartio, as evidenced by the signet ring found at the entrance. It partly retains its original layout (2nd cent. BC): the bedrooms (cubicula) and a triclinium open onto the atrium, the heart of the dwelling. The side...Read More

House of the Venus Marina (II,3,3) Damaged by one of the bombs that fell on Pompeii in 1943, and uncovered in 1952, this house seems to be built over an older one, with a larger peristyle and triclinium and new arrangement of the rooms, which go almost all the way around the garden. The house...Read More

House of the Faun (VI,12,2) 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 result of subsequent alterations. The entrance on the left leads directly into the public section, the door on the right to the...Read More

The roman house The patrician house was called a domus. After you crossed the threhold, a hallway led into the atrium, which was a spacious courtyard that in early antiquity was the heart of the house. Later the center of domestic life passed to the inner garden with a porch running around it, called the...Read More

With its excavated area, extending for approximately 44 ha, and the preservation state of its buildings, due to the particular burial.Book your room at B&B Pompei Il Fauno.Read More

On the morning of August 24, A.D. 79, a great noise was heard in the area around Vesuvius. A mushroom shaped cloud of gas and volcanic rock rose. Booking at B&B Pompei Il Fauno.Read More

History of the Excavation Pompeii ...Digging proceeded sporadically, here and there at random; it was several years before the site was identified as Pompeii, and even then there was no systematic town plan.Read More