VII.4.56 Pompeii. Casa del Granduca di Toscana or House of the Grand Duke

or House of the Marble Silenus.

Excavated 1833 and 1845.  (Strada della Fortuna 7).

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VII.4.56 Pompeii. March 2018. Looking towards entrance doorway on south side of Via della Fortuna.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.4.56 Pompeii. September 2021.

Looking south to entrance doorway on Via della Fortuna. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VII.4.56 Pompeii. September 2021.

Looking south to entrance corridor with two doorways, rooms 2 and 3, on west side.

Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VII.4.56 Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance with vestibule.

VII.4.55/56 Pompeii. March 2018.

Looking south to pilaster with plaque between entrance doorways.

The entrance into VII.4.56 is on the right. 

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.4.55/56 Pompeii. March 2018. Terracotta plaque with eagle, on pilaster on east side of entrance.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.4.56 Pompeii. December 2005. Terracotta plaque with eagle, on wall on east side of entrance.

In May 1831, found painted in red and under the plaque of the eagle with a serpent in his claws, was the graffito –

Popidium Secundum aed(ilem)    [CIL IV 285]

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples, Nicola Longobardi, (p. 145)

VII.4.56 Pompeii. September 2021.

Looking south to atrium from entrance corridor. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VII.4.56 Pompeii. September 2021. Looking south from entrance doorway towards garden area. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VII.4.56 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking south across atrium. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VII.4.56 Pompeii. May 2015. Looking south across atrium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.4.56 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking south across atrium, from entrance fauces.

VII.4.56 Pompeii. September 2004. Looking south to garden at rear.

VII.4.56 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, atrium, with impluvium, and terracotta puteal.

VII.4.56 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, atrium. Looking south-east.

VII.4.56 Pompeii. September 2021.

Room 1, looking south across atrium, with impluvium, and terracotta puteal. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VII.4.56 Pompeii. May 2015. Room 1, looking south across atrium towards terracotta puteal. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.4.56 Pompeii. September 2021.

Room 1, atrium. Terracotta puteal over cistern. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VII.4.56 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, atrium. Terracotta puteal over cistern.

VII.4.56 Pompeii. March 2009.

Doorway to room 2, porter’s room on west side of fauces/entrance corridor.

VII.4.56 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, north wall.

VII.4.56 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, east wall.

VII.4.56 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, east wall.

VII.4.56 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 3, cupboard or small room.

VII.4.56 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 3, west wall.

VII.4.56 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 3, south wall with site of staircase from atrium, at west end.

VII.4.56 Pompeii. March 2009.

Room 1, site of remains of staircase to upper floor, in north-west corner.

VII.4.56 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, atrium. Looking south-east.

VII.4.56 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, atrium. East side with doorways to rooms 4, 5 and 6.

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