VI.12.5 Pompeii. Entrance to Casa del Fauno or House of the Faun.

Linked to VI.12.1, VI.12.2, VI.12.3, VI.12.7 and VI.12.8.

Excavated 1829 to 1833, 1900, 1930 and 1960.

Bombed in 1943. Reconstructed in 1945. (Strada della Fortuna 52).

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Secondary Atrium 7

VI.12.5 Pompeii. 30th September 2015.

Looking north-east across columns around impluvium, with two on south side, centre right.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. 

Looking north across impluvium in Secondary Atrium towards north-east corner with money-base, on right.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Looking north along east side of impluvium.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 4th January 2017.

Looking north from entrance corridor towards two columns on east side of impluvium in Atrium 7.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017.

Looking east across south side of impluvium in Atrium 7, with column in south-west corner, in centre.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017.

Looking west towards south-west corner and column on south-west side of impluvium.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017.

Looking west towards column across south-west corner of impluvium, towards doorways to rooms 10, and West Ala 11, into VI.12.2. 

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Looking towards capital on column in south-west corner of impluvium.  

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. December 2006. Detail of capital of column in the atrium 7.

VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Looking towards column base of column in south-west corner of impluvium.  

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017.

Looking north-west towards column on north-west side of impluvium.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Detail of capital from column on north-west side of impluvium.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017.

Looking north across east side of atrium 7, towards column on north-east side.

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VI.2.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Looking towards column in north-east corner of Atrium 7.

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VI.2.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Detail of capital on column in north-east corner of Atrium 7.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. December 2006. Detail of capital of column in the atrium 7.

VI.2.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017.

Looking towards column base in north-east corner of Atrium 7.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017.

Looking east across south side of atrium 7, towards column on south-east side.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017.

Looking towards column base in south-east corner of atrium 7. 

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Looking north across impluvium in atrium.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. North side of impluvium in Secondary Atrium 7.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Detail from north side of impluvium in Secondary Atrium 7.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Detail from north side of impluvium in Secondary Atrium 7, looking west.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Looking north-west across impluvium in Atrium 7, with West Ala on left, behind column.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. South-west side of atrium 7, stone bases outside doorway to room 10, looking west.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. South-west side of atrium 7, detail of stone base and flooring.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. South-west side of atrium 7, detail of stone base and flooring, looking north.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. South-west side of atrium 7, detail of stone base and flooring, looking west.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Looking north across flooring on north-west side of Secondary Atrium7.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. North-west corner of Secondary Atrium 7.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Stone base near west wall on north-west side of Secondary Atrium 7.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Detail of stone base near west wall in north-west corner of Secondary Atrium 7.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Looking south-west across flooring on north-west side of Secondary Atrium.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Looking north in north-west corner of Secondary Atrium 7, with doorway to Corridor 16, on right.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Bases in north-west corner of Secondary Atrium 7, looking north.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017.

Base in north-west corner of Secondary Atrium 7, looking north.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Base in north-west corner of Secondary Atrium 7, looking west.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Detail of remains of bases near north wall in north-west corner of Secondary Atrium 7, looking east.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Base in north-west side of Secondary Atrium 7, looking east.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Detail of base in north-west corner of Secondary Atrium 7.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Detail of bases in north-west corner of Secondary Atrium 7.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Base for safe/money chest.

According to Warscher –

“If, as I believe, this slab of rosy marble served as a base for the safe, the elegance of the house had to be really refined.

In fact, only a narrow border would have been visible of that slab and most would remain hidden.”

(Se veramente, come io credo, questa lastra di marmo roseo serviva da basamento alla cassaforte, l’eleganza della casa doveva essere davvero raffinatissima. Infatti di tale lastra sarebbe stata visibile solamente uno stretto bordo e la maggior parte sarebbe rimasta nascosta.)

See Warscher, T. (1946). Casa del Fauno, Swedish Institute, Rome. (p.59).

According to Mau,

“Two money chests stood on large flat stones in the rear corners of this atrium 7.”

See Mau, A. (1901). Pompeii, its life and art. (p.296).

VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Detail of flooring from Secondary Atrium 7.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 1968.

Looking north across atrium 7 and impluvium towards corridor in VI.12.2, on eastern side.

Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. Pre-1937-39.

Looking north-east across atrium 7 and impluvium with corridor in VI.12.2 on eastern side, on left.

Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 032.

VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. North-east corner of Secondary Atrium, looking north.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Base for arca/money box in north-east corner of Secondary Atrium 7, looking north.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Detail of base for arca/money-box in north-east corner of Secondary Atrium 7, looking north.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Looking east in north-east corner of Secondary Atrium 7, with arca.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Looking east towards base in north-east corner of Secondary Atrium 7.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Detail of base in north-east corner of Secondary Atrium, looking east.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Flooring on north-east side of Secondary Atrium 7.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Looking east across impluvium in atrium 7.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Secondary Atrium 7, looking east from impluvium.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Secondary Atrium 7, looking east towards cistern-mouth. 

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Secondary Atrium 7, cistern-mouth on east side of impluvium.  

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. East side of impluvium in Secondary Atrium.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Detail from east side of impluvium in Secondary Atrium.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Looking north-west across impluvium.

On the south side, left, is another cistern-mouth, as well as the one on the east side, on right. 

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Detail of cistern-mouth on south side of impluvium in atrium 7.  

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 30th September 2015. Looking east across impluvium in Atrium 7, towards East Ala.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking east across impluvium in the Tetrastyle atrium 7.

VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Looking west across impluvium in atrium 7, towards West Ala and entrance into VI.12.2.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. September 2021.

Looking south across impluvium and atrium 7 towards entrance corridor and doorway.

Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VI.12.5 Pompeii. 14th July 2017. Looking south across impluvium in atrium 7.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. 4th January 2017.

Looking south across impluvium in atrium 7 towards entrance corridor.

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VI.12.5 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking south across impluvium and atrium 7 to entrance.

According to Garcia y Garcia, the second of the two bombs to hit the House of the Faun fell on this secondary atrium.

The bomb caused the felling of three of the four columns, the only one remaining was that in the north-east corner.

Also destroyed were two rooms in the north-west of the same atrium.

See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.83-84)

VI.12.5 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking south across atrium 7 to entrance.

VI.12.5 Pompeii. 1961.

Atrium 7, looking south across impluvium in Tetrastyle atrium 7 towards entrance doorway. 

DAIR 61.1384. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

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