Oplontis. Villa di Poppea or Villa of Poppea or Villa Poppaea or Oplontis Villa A.
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Rooms 34 to 39
Room 34: East portico looking onto the north
garden 56
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, March 2014. Looking south-east towards east portico (34).
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, May 2010. Room 34, looking south towards east portico of the north garden. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2023.
East Portico 34, looking south at east
end. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. East Portico 34, looking south at east end.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2023.
East Portico 34, dolium embedded in soil in north garden, under glass. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Dolium embedded in soil in north garden, under
glass.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2017. East portico 34, looking east.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2017. East portico 34, looking east towards
doorway to room 54.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2017. East Portico 34, threshold of doorway leading east
into room 54.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2015. East Portico 34, threshold of doorway
looking east into room 54.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2015. East Portico 34, looking west.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2015. East Portico 34, painted bird and
plants on black zoccolo.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October
2020. East Portico 34, looking west. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Oplontis Villa of
Poppea, September 2015. East Portico 34, remains of painted
bird in centre of red panel.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2020.
East Portico 34, detail of golden
candelabra on white painted panel. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Oplontis Villa of
Poppea, September 2015. East Portico 34, remains of painted
peacock in centre of yellow panel.
Oplontis Villa of
Poppea, September 2015. East Portico 34, black zoccolo.
Oplontis Villa of
Poppea, September 2015. East Portico 34, painted animal in
middle of red panel.
Oplontis Villa of
Poppea, September 2015. East Portico 34, black zoccolo.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2020.
East
Portico 34, white painted panel with golden candelabra. Photo courtesy of Klaus
Heese.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2020.
East
Portico 34, white painted panel with detail of golden candelabra. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Oplontis Villa of
Poppea, September 2015. East Portico 34, black zoccolo with
painted plants.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2020.
East Portico 34, white painted panel
with golden candelabra. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2020.
East Portico 34, white painted panel
with detail of golden candelabra. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2015. East Portico 34, black zoccolo.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2015. East Portico 34, black zoccolo with
painted plants.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2015. East Portico 34, black zoccolo.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. East Portico 34, looking south from the northern
end, doorway to room 21 is on the right.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2023.
East Portico 34, doorway into room 21 in west wall
of East Portico. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015.
East Portico
34 at west end, corridor leading south to room 4, with doorway to room 30, on
left.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015.
East Portico
34, looking north along west side of portico, towards the north garden, from
near room 30.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2017.
East Portico
34, west side of portico, looking south-east from the north garden.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2023.
East Portico 34, looking south-east from the north garden. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. East Portico 34, looking south-east.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, April 2018. East portico 34, looking south-east. Photo courtesy of
Ian Lycett-King.
Use is subject to Creative
Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License v.4 International.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2017. East portico 34, looking south-east.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2023. East Portico 34, looking south-east
along mosaic flooring. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2017. East portico 34, looking east.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2017. East portico 34, window into room 30 in
south wall.
Foto
Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2023. East Portico 34, water-spouts on roof for rainwater. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2011.
Room 34, east
portico of north garden, looking south-west towards doorway to room 30, and
side doorway into room 21, on right.
Photo courtesy
of Michael Binns.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2017. East portico 34, looking east towards
doorway to room 54.
Foto
Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis
Villa of Poppea, September 2017. Looking north-west along east portico 34, from
near doorway of room 54.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. East Portico 34, looking east.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, May 2011.
Room 34, east
portico, looking south-east from replanted north garden. Photo courtesy of Buzz
Ferebee.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2017.
Looking south-east towards east portico
34, from the north garden.
Foto
Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis, Villa of Poppea, October 2001. Room 34, east portico, looking south-east from north garden. Photo courtesy of Peter Woods
Room 35: Storeroom in servants’ area
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Doorway to room 35 in north-west corner of peristyle
32.
Notices
outlining the work of The Oplontis Project are attached to the grille.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 35, Oplontis Project notice on door.
For a wealth
of additional information see The Oplontis Project eBook
Oplontis: Villa A ("of Poppaea") at Torre Annunziata, Italy. Vol. 1, The ancient setting and modern rediscovery by John R. Clarke and Nayla K. Muntasser.
at Vol. 1, The
ancient setting and modern rediscovery
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 35, view from doorway.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 35, flooring.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1978.
Statue of Venus, height 52.5cms, with a round base, height 4cm and 23.5 diameter. 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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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1975.
Statue of Venus loosening her sandal before taking a bath, found 4th September 1973, in room 35. 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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According to De Caro, this statue was found in room 35 which was a storeroom in the servants’ area, in which other fragments of sculpture and a large amount of household equipment of the villa were found.
See De Caro,
S.1976. Sculture dalla villa “di Poppea”
in Oplontis (p.219) in Cronache Pompeiane, II, 1976, (p.184-225)
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1978. Statue of Venus. 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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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1978. Statue of Venus. 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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Room 36: Steps to lower floor.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015.
Room 36,
doorway to steps to lower floor, in south-west corner of internal peristyle.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, October 2023. Room
36, steps to lower floor. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe
Ciaramella.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 36, steps to lower floor.
According to Malandrino -
“After the excavation of the staircase ramp and part of a sloping corridor, exploration was interrupted because of the Sarno Canal above.
There are three possible reasons for these stairs: the first was that it was leading to a basement:
the second that it gave access to a cryptoporticus which extended along the southern side,
and the third that it formed an entrance, on a lower level, from the coastal roadway passing on the southern side.”
See Malandrino,
Carlo. 1978. “Oplontis”, Napoli,
(p.77-78)
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, May 2011. Room 36, stairs to the lower floor. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Room 37:
Corridor between Portico 24 and rustic peristyle 32
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015.
Corridor 37,
looking south towards portico 24, from internal peristyle no.32.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Corridor 37, south end, leading onto portico 24.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2015. Corridor 37, threshold at south end.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015.
Room 37,
doorway at north end of corridor leading to portico 24, from internal peristyle
32.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Corridor 37, decorated east wall.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Corridor 37, decorated west wall.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, January 2023.
Corridor 37, looking towards north end of west wall and ceiling. Photo courtesy of Miriam Colomer.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015.
Corridor 37,
looking south at reconstructed ceiling which shows the way these ceiling would
always have been made using reeds, then plastered and decorated.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Corridor 37, ceiling, looking north.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Corridor 37, looking north to internal peristyle.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2017. Corridor 37, looking north along west wall from portico 24.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2017.
Corridor 37,
looking north along corridor 37 towards internal peristyle 32, from portico 24.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2011. Corridor 37, looking north to rustic internal
peristyle. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Room 38: Room linked to room 41, the cubiculum with
two alcoves
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2015. Room 38, doorway in north wall of portico 24.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2017. Room 38, doorway threshold.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2011.
Room 38,
doorway to cubiculum, looking towards north wall. Photo courtesy of Michael
Binns.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2023.
Room 38, white marble head of Aphrodite on display here, but found in
the northern garden.
Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Oplontis
Villa of Poppea, January 2023. On display in room 38.
Head of Aphrodite, 1st century AD.
Found in the north garden on 12th June 1974.
The head lay on the ancient soil layer about 7m north of the last, northernmost column of Portico 34.
According to the villa information board,
the head depicts the features of the goddess in a replica of the Capitoline
Venus type, inspired by the works of Praxiteles from the 4th century BC.
The elaborate hairstyle, held in place by a
band, ends in a voluminous knot on the top of the head.
Inventory number 71321.
Photo courtesy of Miriam Colomer.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2023. Room 38, looking towards north wall. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2023. Room 38, looking towards north-west
corner. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 38, west wall.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 38, painted black zoccolo on west wall.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2017. Room 38, north-west corner.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, May 2010. Room 38, looking towards north-west corner. Photo courtesy
of Buzz Ferebee.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 38, north wall.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 38, painted black zoccolo on north wall in
north-west corner.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 38, painted black zoccolo from north wall.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2017. Room 38, looking towards north wall and north-east corner.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 38, painted black zoccolo from north-east
corner.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, January 2023.
Room 38, north-east corner of ceiling and walls.
Photo courtesy of Miriam Colomer.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2017. Room 38, north-east corner.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2011. Room 38, looking towards north-east corner. Photo
courtesy of Michael Binns.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015.
Room 38,
painted decoration on east wall with doorway to room 41.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 38, painted black zoccolo from east wall.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, May 2010. Room 38, painted ceiling. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, May 2010. Room 38, painted decoration. Photo courtesy of Buzz
Ferebee.
Room
39: Small room on south side of peristyle 32.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 39, doorway in south wall of internal
peristyle, no.32.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 39, looking south from doorway.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, January 2023.
Room 39, looking south from doorway. Photo courtesy of Miriam Colomer.
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