Pompeii [site]
Item
- Title
- Pompeii [site]
- Drafter
- Heliog Chauvet
- City
- Pompeii, Campania, Italy
- Location
- Italy
- Building Creation Date
- 6th century BCE-79 CE (inclusive)
- 79 CE (destruction)
- Description
- House of the Cetenary: restored longitudinal section
- restored plan
- current longitudinal section
- the "Wildlife drunk", sections
- plans
- detail views
- Located SE of Naples at foot of Mount Vesuvius
- possibly founded by the Oscans in 6th century BCE
- ruled by Samnites, then taken by Rome ca. 80 BCE
- was prosperous city and resort
- damaged by earthquake in 63 CE, rebuilt
- destroyed by eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE.
- Classification
- Architectural Documentation
- Building Type
- archaeological sites
- Documentation Type
- plans
- sections
- details
- Style/Period
- Imperial (Roman)
- Cultural Context
- Roman
- Subject
- Villas -- Roman -- Italy -- Pompeii -- Influence
- Source
- Seure, Georges. Monuments antiques, relevés et restaurés par les architectes pensionnaires de l’Académie de France à Rome
- notices archéologiques par Georges Seure. Paris: C. Massin, 1910, 257-259.
- Access Rights
- Public Domain
- Item sets
- Architecture Illustrations
“Pompeii [site]”, Texas Tech Arch Design Images -- Open Access Collections, accessed May 7, 2025, https://exhibits.lib.ttu.edu/s/openarch/item/18945