Herculaneum V.8. Casa del Bel Cortile or House of the Beautiful Courtyard.

Excavated 1937-38.

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Rooms on south side of Room 1

V.8 Herculaneum. March 2014. Room 1, south wall of entrance hall.

On the left is the corridor leading to rooms 9 and 10. In the centre is the doorway of room 8. 

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

V.8 Herculaneum. October 2014. Room 1, south side. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

V.8 Herculaneum. May 2006. Room 1, south wall of entrance hall.

V.8 Herculaneum. May 2018. Room 1, remaining painted decoration at east end of south wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

V.8 Herculaneum. May 2018.

Room 1, remaining painted decoration above doorway to room 8, on south wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

V.8 Herculaneum. March 2014. Room 1, detail of remaining painted decoration above doorway to room 8, on upper south wall.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

V.8 Herculaneum. March 2014. Room 1, detail of remaining painted decoration on upper south wall.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

V.8 Herculaneum. May 2018. Room 1, remaining painted decoration at west end of south wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

V.8 Herculaneum. May 2004.

Room 1, south wall of entrance hall with doorway to room 8, in centre. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

V.8 Herculaneum. May 2018. Room 1, south wall of entrance hall with doorway to room 8, in centre. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

V.8 Herculaneum. May 2018. Room 8, detail from south-east corner. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

V.8 Herculaneum. May 2018. Room 8, painted decoration on south wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

V.8 Herculaneum. October 2014. Room 8, painted decoration on south wall. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

V.8 Herculaneum. May 2018. Room 8, looking towards south-west corner, and window in west wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

V.8 Herculaneum. May 2018. Room 8, detail from south-west corner, and window in west wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

V.8 Herculaneum. May 2003.

Room 8, remains of decoration in south-west corner. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

V.8 Herculaneum. May 2018. Looking south along corridor on south side of Room 1.

The reflected sunlight shining is from the doorway of Room 9, on right. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

V.8 Herculaneum. October 2014.

Room 9, painted wall decoration from south wall of room on west of corridor. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

V.8 Herculaneum. October 2014.

Room 9, painted wall decoration from east wall and south-east corner of room on west of corridor.

Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

V.8 Herculaneum. October 2014.

Room 9, looking towards east wall of room on west of corridor, photo taken through window. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

V.8 Herculaneum. May 2018. Looking south along corridor to rooms 9 and 10. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.  

V.8 Herculaneum. May 2006. Looking south along corridor to rooms 9 and 10. 

V.8 Herculaneum. October 2014.

Looking south from end of corridor, into an unnumbered room. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

V.8 Herculaneum. March 2014. Looking south from end of corridor, into an unnumbered room.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

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