24. Pompeii, Villa dei Misteri or
Villa of Mysteries.
This Quickie page has been created to give
an appreciation of the main rooms and areas of the beautiful Villa of
Mysteries, without the need to navigate the many detailed pages of
photographs.
Detail:
If you are interested to see the Villa in
more detail, you can see the rooms in much greater detail in these subsequent
parts:
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2021. Information card. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2021. South side of Villa. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2015. Looking towards the colonnade on the south side of the Villa, with Vesuvius, top right.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2010. Doorway to room 62, tetrastyle atrium, looking east.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2017.
Looking towards east side of room 62, with doorways to
corridor to kitchen 61, and rooms 42 and 43, baths’ area.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2012. Room 61, kitchen courtyard, with corridor from atrium, room 62, on left.
North side of kitchen with lararium niche and altar. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. 1957. Room 61, looking south across kitchen area. 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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Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2010. Room 61, north wall with doorway to peristyle C.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2010. Looking north along east side of peristyle C.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2010.
Room 66, looking east from peristyle C towards the vestibule of original villa entrance, and into the unexcavated.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2010. North-east corner of peristyle D. The statue of Livia was found in this corner.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. February 2021.
Statue
of Livia, found in peristyle of Villa of Mysteries, on display in Antiquarium
at VIII.1.4.
Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2006.
Doorways to rooms 21, 26, corridor 27 leading towards the wine-making area, and room 28 on peristyle D. Looking north-west.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2010. Room 48-9. Looking east from doorway into the wine-making area.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2010. Room 48-9, looking east along wine press with a wooden ram’s head, near the north wall.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2010. Looking across the peristyle with entrance to crypt, centre right. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2017.
Room 17, procoeton or anteroom, plaster cast of shutters of room 16, cubiculum.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Villa of Mysteries,
Pompeii. November 2023.
Portico P4/5, on the
left is the anteroom or procoeton of room 17, with doorway into room
21.
In the centre is the
cast of shutters of room 16. On the right is the doorway into corridor F2. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2010. Corridor F2, with doorway to room 16 on east side. Looking south to atrium.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. November 2017.
Room 16, upper east wall of cubiculum with double alcove, with plaster-cast of shutters on north wall, on left.
Foto
Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2015. Room 16, cubiculum with double alcove. East wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii November 2017. Room 16,
looking towards south-east corner and south wall.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2006. Doorways to rooms 62, 7, 64, 19 and 20 on peristyle A. Looking south along west side.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2006. Corridor 7, looking west to room 6.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2021. Looking north along west wall.
Room 6, west wall at south-west corner, with doorway into corridor F1. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. November 2023.
Room 6, looking towards north wall. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Villa
of Mysteries, Pompeii. November 2023.
Room
6, looking north along east wall. Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2010. Mosaic floor of portico P1, outside doorways to corridor F1, rooms 6 and 62.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2017.
Corridor F1, looking north from portico P1 towards room 64 the atrium, and beyond to corridor F2.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. April 2019.
Room 64. Looking east across atrium towards blinds with photo of peristyle A imprinted on it, across two of the entrance doorways.
On either side of the impluvium is a display case containing
a “body” plaster-cast. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Villa
of Mysteries, Pompeii. April 2019.
Body-cast in the
north-east corner of the atrium, originally on display in room 32. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Villa
of Mysteries, Pompeii. April 2019. Room 64, looking east across atrium towards display case on
south-east side.
This
contains the plaster-cast of a body of a man found in Room 35, on the other
side of the peristyle. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
The doorway to corridor F2 can be seen on the left, on the right is the doorway to the peristyle. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2015. Room 64, north wall of atrium, detail of sketch and graffiti above.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2017. Doorway to room 3,
in south-west corner of atrium 64.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2021.
Room 3, looking towards south wall from doorway in room 64,
atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2017.
Room 64, south wall with doorway to corridor F1, in centre,
and room 3, on right.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Villa dei
Misteri, Pompeii. September 2021.
Room 64, looking towards south wall of atrium and south-east
corner. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2021.
Corridor F2, looking
north to portico P4. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2010. Corridor F2, west wall, looking north into room 15 and towards portico P4.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. November
2023.
Room 15, looking towards west wall of room
in south-west corner. Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2021. Room 15,
looking towards west wall of room. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2021. Room 15,
looking towards north-west corner. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2017.
Looking south along portico P3 towards window and
plaster-cast of shutters of room 11 and doorway to corridor F3.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2017. Room 11, looking
through doorway from room 12.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2012.
The garden in the south-west corner. Looking east along south side. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2010. West side with remains of exedra, top left.
Looking towards south-west corner, gardens above and cryptoporticus below.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2012.
Looking east across remains of exedra towards room 1, and doorway into tablinum,2.
On the right is the doorway into the portico P2, rooms 4 and 5. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2010. Room 1, looking east towards doorway to room 2, tablinum.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2021. Room 2, tablinum,
looking west along north wall. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2010. Room 2, tablinum, east wall with doorway to atrium, room 64, and across to peristyle.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2021.
Room 2, tablinum, looking towards south wall with doorway to room 4, and south-west corner.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2010.
Room 2, tablinum, looking west from atrium 64 into south-west corner.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. May 2010. Doorway to portico P2, from south side of exedra.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2017. Doorway to
P2, with the remains of mosaic floor and marble sill.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2017.
South end of portico P2, with doorway to room 4, on left and
room 5, on right.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. March 2019.
Looking east across room 4, cubiculum with double alcove. Foto
Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2017.
Room 4, detail of recess in north-west corner and doorway to
room 2, tablinum.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. November
2023.
Room 4, looking east along south wall towards
south-east corner. Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2017.
Looking south across flooring of portico P2, with doorway
to room 5, upper left.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Villa of Mysteries,
Pompeii. November 2023.
Room 5, looking
east along north wall towards north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe
Ciaramella
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. September 2017. Room 5,
looking towards the east wall.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Villa of Mysteries,
Pompeii. November 2023. Room 5, looking east along south wall. Photo courtesy
of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. March 2019. Room 5, tiled floor.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.