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V.2.i Pompeii. Casa delle Nozze d’Argento or House of the Silver Wedding

or Domus L. Albucius Celsus.

Excavated between 1891 and 1908.

 

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The House of the Silver Wedding – Reopened 16th July 2023 at the conclusion of restoration.

The house of the Silver Wedding took its modern name from the celebration of the silver wedding of the Italian royals, Umberto and Margherita of Savoy, in 1893.

The Domus was discovered and excavated between 1891 and 1893 under the direction of the architect Michele Ruggiero, then Director of the Excavations, and he was succeeded, until 1908, by Giulio De Petra, Ettore Pais and Antonio Sogliano. The columns of the Corinthian atrium had partly fallen, the main walls in conditions of instability or collapsed as well; it was therefore necessary to extensively reintegrate the walls with pieces of masonry imitating the ancient one, raising the same walls and columns (starting from 1 July 1892) until reaching the height useful for laying the roof structures.

The restoration interventions after the Second World War saw the widespread use of heavy and dangerous reinforced concrete structures hinged on the ancient structures.

The restoration site that is ending today [16th July 2023] - launched in 2019 on planning from funds of the Great Pompeii Project and construction with PON funds "Culture and Development" ERDF 2014-2020 - had therefore set itself the first task of removing these structures, by then close to the collapse at the start of the construction site, replacing them with new wooden structures, not only closer to the original ones but above all lighter than those in reinforced concrete and technologically innovative due to the use of a material such as micro-laminated beech accompanied, for the structures of the floors and false ceilings, from laminated fir wood.

At the end of the construction site, by the "Cura del Verde" area it was possible to regenerate the three large green areas with the formation of three aesthetic and utilitarian gardens based on archaeological data and finds and on an interpretation of the proportions of the spaces of the domus as well as on the internal perspective visual axes.

La Casa delle Nozze d’Argento – Riapre 16 Luglio 2023 a conclusione dei restauri

 

La casa delle Nozze d’Argento prese il suo nome moderno dalla celebrazione delle nozze d'argento dei Reali d’Italia, Umberto e Margherita di Savoia, nel 1893.

La Domus venne scoperta e scavata tra il 1891 e il 1893 sotto la direzione dell’architetto Michele Ruggero, allora Direttore degli Scavi, e a questi succedettero, fino al 1908, Giulio De Petra, Ettore Pais e Antonio Sogliano.

Le colonne dell'atrio corinzio erano in parte cadute, i muri principali in condizioni di instabilità o crollati anch’essi; fu dunque necessario reintegrare estesamente le pareti con brani di muratura imitante l'antica, rialzando le stesse murature e le colonne (a partire dal 1° luglio 1892) sino a raggiungere la quota utile alla posa delle strutture di copertura.

Gli interventi di restauro del Secondo Dopoguerra videro l’utilizzo diffuso di pesanti e pericolose strutture di calcestruzzo armato incardinate sulle strutture antiche.

Il cantiere di restauro che oggi si conclude -  avviato nel 2019 su progettazione da fondi del Grande Progetto Pompei e realizzazione su fondi PON “Cultura e Sviluppo “ FESR 2014-2020 -  si è posto pertanto come primo compito quello di rimuovere tali strutture, ormai prossime al crollo all’avvio del cantiere, sostituendole con nuove strutture in legno, non solo più vicine a quelle  originarie ma soprattutto più leggere di quelle in calcestruzzo armato e tecnologicamente innovative per l’uso di un materiale come il legno di faggio microlamellare accompagnato, per le strutture di solai e controsoffitti, da legno di abete lamellare.

A conclusione del cantiere, da parte dell’Area “Cura del Verde” è stato possibile rigenerare le tre ampie aree verdi con la formazione di tre giardini estetici ed utilitaristici basati sui dati e reperti archeologici e su un’interpretazione delle proporzioni degli spazi della domus oltre che sugli assi visuali prospettici interni.

 

See PAP: La casa delle Nozze d'Argento – Riapre 16 luglio 2023 a conclusione dei restauri

 

V.2.i Pompeii, on left. September 2021. 
Looking west on Vicolo delle Nozze d’Argento. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

V.2.i Pompeii, on left. September 2021.

Looking west on Vicolo delle Nozze d’Argento. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

 

V.2.i Pompeii.  December 2005.Entrance on Vicolo delle Nozze d’Argento.

V.2.i Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance on Vicolo delle Nozze d’Argento. 

 

V.2.i Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance and compluvium.
This house was named after the 25th wedding anniversary of King Umberto I of Italy, and Queen Margherita
and is considered one of the most splendid private houses in the city.
This “domus” was owned by L. Albucius Celsus, who belonged to an ancient Pompeian family that were very active in politics.
There were numerous electoral inscriptions found near to the house.

V.2.i Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance and compluvium.

This house was named after the 25th wedding anniversary of King Umberto I of Italy, and Queen Margherita and is considered one of the most splendid private houses in the city.

This “domus” was owned by L. Albucius Celsus, who belonged to an ancient Pompeian family that were very active in politics.

There were numerous electoral inscriptions found near to the house.

 

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, atrium. Compluvium, originally fitted with Grondaia or water spouts (see picture below).

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, atrium. Compluvium, originally fitted with Grondaia or water spouts (see picture below).

 

V.2.i Pompeii. December 2007. Grondaia or water spout displayed on west wall of tablinum. Originally would have been set around the four sides of the compluvium, above the impluvium in the atrium.  The rainwater would have been channelled to pour through the open mouth of the lion into the impluvium below.

V.2.i Pompeii. December 2007. Grondaia or water spout displayed on west wall of tablinum.

Originally would have been set around the four sides of the compluvium, above the impluvium in the atrium. 

The rainwater would have been channelled to pour through the open mouth of the lion into the impluvium below.

 

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2023. 
Room 1, atrium and impluvium looking south towards tablinum and peristyle. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2023.

Room 1, atrium and impluvium looking south towards tablinum and peristyle. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

 

V.2.i Pompeii. December 2007. Room 1, atrium and impluvium looking towards tablinum and peristyle.

V.2.i Pompeii. December 2007. Room 1, atrium and impluvium looking towards tablinum and peristyle.

 

V.2.i Pompeii. Old postcard postmarked 1902. Looking south-east across atrium during excavation. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

V.2.i Pompeii. Old postcard postmarked 1902. Looking south-east across atrium during excavation. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

 

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2023. Room 1, looking north-west across impluvium in atrium. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2023. Room 1, looking north-west across impluvium in atrium. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

 

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2023. 
Room 1, looking north across atrium with compluvium. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2023.

Room 1, looking north across atrium with compluvium. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

 

V.2.i Pompeii. 1968. Room 1, looking north across atrium with compluvium. 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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V.2.i Pompeii. 1968.

Room 1, looking north across atrium with compluvium. 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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V.2.i Pompeii. 1959. Room 1, atrium. Compluvium showing grondaie and antefixes. 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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V.2.i Pompeii. 1959. Room 1, atrium. Compluvium showing grondaie and antefixes. 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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V.2.i Pompeii. March 2023. Room 1, atrium.
Looking north-east across impluvium with compluvium above. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2023. Room 1, atrium.

Looking north-east across impluvium with compluvium above. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

 

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2023. Detail of capital on top of column at side of impluvium in atrium. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2023. Detail of capital on top of column at side of impluvium in atrium. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

 

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2023. Room 1, atrium, looking south-east across south end of impluvium. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2023. Room 1, atrium, looking south-east across south end of impluvium. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

 

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2023. Room 1, atrium, south end of impluvium. 
Looking west towards travertine puteal, rectangular marble base and stone basin on a stand. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2023. Room 1, atrium, south end of impluvium.

Looking west towards travertine puteal, rectangular marble base and stone basin on a stand. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

 

V.2.i Pompeii. August 2023. Room 1, atrium, south end of impluvium. 
Looking east towards stone basin on stand, rectangular marble base and travertine puteal. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

V.2.i Pompeii. August 2023. Room 1, atrium, south end of impluvium.

Looking east towards stone basin on stand, rectangular marble base and travertine puteal. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

 

V.2.i Pompeii. August 2023. Room 1, south end of impluvium, with puteal and stop cocks with pipe. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

V.2.i Pompeii. August 2023.

Room 1, south end of impluvium, with puteal and stop cocks with pipe, on right. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

 

V.2.i Pompeii. August 2023. Room 1, south end of impluvium, stop cocks with pipes. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

V.2.i Pompeii. August 2023. Room 1, south end of impluvium, stop cocks with pipes. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

 

V.2.i Pompeii. August 2023. V.2.i Pompeii. August 2023. 
Room 1, south end of impluvium, detail of stop cocks and pipes. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

V.2.i Pompeii. August 2023. V.2.i Pompeii. August 2023.

Room 1, south end of impluvium, detail of stop cocks and pipes. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

 

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2023. 
Room 1, atrium, south end of impluvium, detail of basin on a stand. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2023.

Room 1, atrium, south end of impluvium, detail of basin on a stand. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

 

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2023. 
Room 1, atrium, south end of impluvium, detail of travertine puteal. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2023.

Room 1, atrium, south end of impluvium, detail of travertine puteal. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

 

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2023. Room 1, atrium, looking north-east across impluvium from south end. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2023. Room 1, atrium, looking north-east across impluvium from south end. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

 

V.2.i Pompeii. August 2023. Room 1, atrium, looking north-west across impluvium from south end. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

V.2.i Pompeii. August 2023. Room 1, atrium, looking north-west across impluvium from south end. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

 

V.2.i Pompeii. December 2007. Room 1, atrium, south end of impluvium.  
Looking east towards stone basin on a stand with a bronze water spout next to a rectangular marble base and a travertine puteal.

V.2.i Pompeii. December 2007. Room 1, atrium, south end of impluvium. 

Looking east towards stone basin on a stand with a bronze water spout next to a rectangular marble base and a travertine puteal.

 

V.2.i Pompeii.  May 2005.  Room 1. Atrium.  East side showing windows of rooms on upper floor.

V.2.i Pompeii. May 2005. Room 1, atrium. East side showing windows of rooms on upper floor.

 

V.2.i Pompeii. May 2018. Room 1, atrium. East side showing staircase and windows of rooms on upper floor.

V.2.i Pompeii. May 2018. Room 1, atrium. East side showing staircase and windows of rooms on upper floor.

 

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2023. 
Room 1, looking south-east across atrium towards tablinum, on right. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2023.

Room 1, looking south-east across atrium towards tablinum, on right. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

 

V.2.i Pompeii.  May 2005.  Room 1. Atrium.  Looking across to Tablinum.

V.2.i Pompeii.  May 2005. Room 1, atrium, looking south across to tablinum.

 

V.2.i Pompeii. 1895. Watercolour by Luigi Bazzani. Room 1, atrium.
Looking south-east across impluvium in atrium towards tablinum, from west side.
Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum, inventory number E6281-1910 (ex.669-1899).

V.2.i Pompeii. 1895. Watercolour by Luigi Bazzani. Room 1, atrium.

Looking south-east across impluvium in atrium towards tablinum, from west side.

Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum, inventory number E6281-1910 (ex.669-1899).

 

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2023. 
Room 1, looking north-west across atrium towards entrance corridor and small doorway to room 2. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2023.

Room 1, looking north-west across atrium towards entrance corridor and small doorway to room 2. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

 

V.2.i Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room 2.

V.2.i Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room 2 on west side of entrance corridor.

 

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2009.  Room 2,  West wall, with blocked doorway through to house at V.2.h

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, west wall, with blocked doorway through to house at V.2.h

 

V.2.i Pompeii.  December 2007.  Room 2 on west side of atrium has a small blocked door to V.2.h.

V.2.i Pompeii. December 2007. Room 2 on west side of atrium has a small blocked door to V.2.h.

 

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, west wall with blocked doorway

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, west wall with blocked doorway. 

 

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2009.  Room 2,  South wall.

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, south wall.

 

V.2.i Pompeii. December 2007. Room 2, south wall.

V.2.i Pompeii. December 2007. Room 2, south wall.

 

V.2.i Pompeii. December 2007. Room 2, small niche in south wall.

V.2.i Pompeii. December 2007. Room 2, small niche in south wall.

 

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2009.  Room 2,  East wall, with doorway to entrance corridor, and Room 3a directly opposite.

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, east wall, with doorway to entrance corridor, and room 3a directly opposite.

 

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2009.  Room 2,  North east corner, with door to entrance corridor in east wall.

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, north-east corner, with door to entrance corridor in east wall.

 

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2009.  Room 2, North east corner.

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, north-east corner.

 

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, north wall with two small windows onto Vicolo delle Nozze d’Argento.

V.2.i Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, north wall with two small windows onto Vicolo delle Nozze d’Argento.

 

 

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