VIII.1.3 Pompeii. Temple of Venus. Entrance on Via Marina.
Linked to VIII.1.5. Excavated 1852, 1869, 1872, 1898, 1937, 1952 and 1984.
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VIII.1.3 Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance on Via Marina, looking west.
VII.16 Pompeii. Via Marina. December 2006. North exterior wall of Temple of Venus VIII.1.3.
VIII.1.3 Pompeii. January 2010. Looking east out through entrance. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VIII.1.3 Pompeii. July 2021. Looking west from entrance.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VIII.1.3 Pompeii. October 2023. Description card. Photo courtesy of
Klaus Heese.
VIII.1.3 Pompeii. January 2010. Looking west from entrance. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
According to Garcia y Garcia, one of the best descriptions of this temple was made in A. Mau: Pompeii, Its life and art.
See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey, F. W., Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. (p. 124-129).
When this temple was discovered it was totally ruined due to the AD62 earthquake.
It was in the process of being reconstructed by the ancient Pompeians.
The excavations were then bombed on 24th August 1943 causing the demolition of the foundation of the portico, to the west, south and east.
The north and south sides of the foundation of the temple were hit again in the night raid of 20th September 1943.
See Garcia y
Garcia, L., 2006. Danni
di guerra a Pompei. Rome:
L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.138).
VIII.1.3 Pompeii. April 2023.
Descriptive card for Temple of Venus in “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples Archaeological Museum.
Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
VIII.1.3 Pompeii. April 2023. Gold lamp with two nozzles donated as a gift to the Temple.
On display in “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples
Archaeological Museum, inv. 25000. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
VIII.1.3 Pompeii. April 2023. Gold lamp with two nozzles donated as a gift to the Temple.
On display in “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples
Archaeological Museum, inv. 25000. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
VIII.1.3 Pompeii. April 2023. Gold lamp with two nozzles donated as a gift to the Temple.
On display in “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples
Archaeological Museum, inv. 25000. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
VIII.1.3 Pompeii. May 2024. Looking south across site of Temple. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VIII.1.3 Pompeii. October 2020.
Looking south-west towards column with Corinthian capital. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VIII.1.3 Pompeii. March 2019. Looking
south-west towards column with Corinthian capital.
Foto Anne
Kleineberg, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VIII.1.3 Pompeii. March 2019. Detail of Corinthian capital
on top of column.
Foto Anne Kleineberg, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VIII.1.3 Pompeii. W.1606. Looking west towards column in Temple of Venus.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VIII.1.3 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking east towards rear wall of Basilica from Temple of Venus.
VIII.1.3 Pompeii. March 2009. Niche in rear wall of Basilica from Temple of Venus.
VIII.1.3 Pompeii. March 2009. Niche in rear wall of Basilica from Temple of Venus.
VIII.1.3 Pompeii. March 2009. Road between Basilica and Temple of Venus near VIII.1.5.
Remains of water supply column against west wall of Basilica.
VIII.1.3 Pompeii. September 2005. Road between Basilica and Temple of Venus, looking south.
VIII.1.3 Pompeii. December 2005. Road between Temple of Venus and Basilica.
VIII.1.3 Pompeii. January 2010. Looking north to entrance and Vesuvius, from south-east corner. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VIII.1.3 Pompeii. W.1607. Column in Temple of Venus, looking north-east.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VIII.1.3 Pompeii. May 2015. Looking south across the Sarno plain, from Temple of Venus. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VIII.1.3 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking south from north-east corner.
According to Carroll, the white “monument” at the south end was an unfinished column of limestone for a votive offering.
This was brought in and worked on after 62 AD.
See: Carroll, M. (2010): Exploring
the sanctuary of Venus and its sacred grove: politics, cult and identity in
Roman Pompeii.
In: Papers of the British School at Rome 78, (2010) pp.63-106.
VIII.1.3 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking south from the north-east corner.
VIII.1.3 Pompeii. December 2007. North-east corner, looking south.
VIII.1.3 Pompeii. December 2007. North-east corner, looking south.
VIII.1.3 Pompeii. December 2007. North-east corner.