VI.7.17 Pompeii. Steps to upper floor.
Linked to VI.7.16. (Strada di
Mercurio 26)
According to
Fiorelli –
“Gradinata di
fabbrica per cenacoli independenti, presso il cui
adito era la celletta di colui che ne custodiva l’accesso”.
(translation: Masonry steps leading to the independant upper floor rooms, near to which was the small room of the person who guarded the access.)
See Fiorelli, G.,
1875: Descrizione di Pompei, (p.111)
See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.58)
VI.7.17 Pompeii. May 2006. Looking west across Via di Mercurio towards entrance with steps to upper floor.
VI.7.17 Pompeii. October 2014. Steps to upper floors. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
VI.7.17 Pompeii. September 2004. Steps to upper floors.