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Herculaneum V.35. Casa del Gran Portale, or House of Large Portal.

Excavated 1933-34.

 

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Ins. V 35, Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking north-east to entrance doorway, on Decumanus Inferiore.

V.35 Herculaneum, September 2015.

Looking north-east to entrance doorway, on Decumanus Inferiore.

 

V.35 Herculaneum, September 2019. Looking towards entrance doorway, on north side of Decumanus Inferiore. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

V.35 Herculaneum, September 2019.

Looking towards entrance doorway, on north side of Decumanus Inferiore. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

 

V.35 Herculaneum. April 2014. Looking north-west at entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

V.35 Herculaneum. April 2014. Looking north-west at entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

 

Ins. V 35, Herculaneum. May 2009. Looking north-west at entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

V.35 Herculaneum. May 2009. Looking north-west at entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

 

V.35, Herculaneum. October 2001. Entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Peter Woods.

V.35 Herculaneum. October 2001. Entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Peter Woods.

 

V.35 Herculaneum. March 2019. Looking north to entrance doorway. Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

V.35 Herculaneum. March 2019. Looking north to entrance doorway.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

 

Ins. V 35, Herculaneum, September 2015. Entrance doorway.

V.35 Herculaneum, September 2015. Entrance doorway.

 

V. 35, Herculaneum, October 2014. Entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

V.35 Herculaneum, October 2014. Entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

 

V,35 Herculaneum. August 2013. Entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

V.35 Herculaneum. August 2013. Entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

 

V,35 Herculaneum. August 2013. Entrance doorway surround. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

V.35 Herculaneum. August 2013. Entrance doorway surround. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

 

V,35 Herculaneum. August 2013. Detail of Corinthian capitals adorned with winged Victories set in the half brick columns. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

V.35 Herculaneum. August 2013.

Detail of Corinthian capitals adorned with winged Victories set in the half brick columns. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

 

V.35, Herculaneum. May 2004. Detail of Corinthian capital. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

V.35 Herculaneum. May 2004. Detail of Corinthian capital. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

 

V,35 Herculaneum. October 2001. Detail of Corinthian capital adorned with winged Victory set in the half brick columns. Photo courtesy of Peter Woods.

V.35 Herculaneum. October 2001. 

Detail of Corinthian capital adorned with winged Victory set in the half brick columns. Photo courtesy of Peter Woods.

 

Ins. V. 35, Herculaneum. May 2009. Entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

V.35 Herculaneum. May 2009. Entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

 

V.35 Herculaneum, May 2001. Entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Current Archaeology.

V.35 Herculaneum, May 2001. Entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Current Archaeology.

 

V.35 Herculaneum, House of Great Portal. 1964. Entrance doorway. The name derives from the half-columns, and the brick lintel and cornice of the doorway. 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. J64f1168 According to Maiuri, the brick half-columns were originally stuccoed and painted red and are topped with Corinthian capitals adorned with winged Victories, and a decorated terracotta architrave above the door. See Maiuri, A. Herculaneum, (No.53 of the series of Guide-books to Museums, Galleries and Monuments of Italy), (p.52)

V.35 Herculaneum, House of Great Portal. 1964. Entrance doorway.

The name derives from the half-columns, and the brick lintel and cornice of the doorway. 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 Maiuri, the brick half-columns were originally stuccoed and painted red and are topped with Corinthian capitals adorned with winged Victories, and a decorated terracotta architrave above the door.

See Maiuri, A. Herculaneum, (No.53 of the series of Guidebooks to Museums, Galleries and Monuments of Italy), (p.52).

 

V.35 Herculaneum, House of Great Portal. June 1962. Looking towards entrance doorway. Photo by Brian Philp: Pictorial Colour Slides, forwarded by Peter Woods H42.5 Herculaneum Grand Portal of Private House

V.35 Herculaneum, House of Great Portal. June 1962. Looking towards entrance doorway.

Photo by Brian Philp: Pictorial Colour Slides, forwarded by Peter Woods.

(H42.5 Herculaneum Grand Portal of Private House).

 

V.35 Herculaneum. Undated postcard entitled “Portale a colonne”. Looking towards entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Peter Woods.

V.35 Herculaneum. Undated postcard entitled “Portale a Colonne”.

Looking towards entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Peter Woods.

 

V. 35, Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking north to threshold to doorway. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

V.35 Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking north to threshold to doorway. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

 

V.35 Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking north along entrance corridor 13 towards the triclinium 1.

V.35 Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking north along entrance corridor 13 towards the triclinium 1.

 

V.35 Herculaneum, September 2017. Looking north along entrance corridor 13 towards the triclinium 1. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

V.35 Herculaneum, September 2017. Looking north along entrance corridor 13 towards the triclinium 1. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

 

V. 35, Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking north along east wall of entrance corridor 13. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

V.35 Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking north along east wall of entrance corridor 13. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

 

Ins. V 35, Herculaneum, September 2015. East wall of entrance corridor, or fauces 13. According to Maiuri, embedded in the walls of the fauces as constructional material, there are tufa columns perhaps belonging tot he ancient, destroyed peristyle of the adjoining Samnite House. See Maiuri, A. Herculaneum, (No.53 of the series of Guide-books to Museums, Galleries and Monuments of Italy), (p.52)

V.35 Herculaneum, September 2015. East wall of entrance corridor, or fauces 13.

According to Maiuri, embedded in the walls of the fauces as constructional material, there are tufa columns perhaps belonging to the ancient, destroyed peristyle of the adjoining Samnite House.

See Maiuri, A. Herculaneum, (No.53 of the series of Guide-books to Museums, Galleries and Monuments of Italy), (p.52)

 

Ins. V 35, Herculaneum, September 2015. Embedded tufa columns in east wall of entrance corridor, or fauces 13.

V.35 Herculaneum, September 2015. Embedded tufa columns in east wall of entrance corridor, or fauces 13.

 

Ins. V 35, Herculaneum, September 2015. Embedded tufa columns in east wall of entrance corridor, or fauces 13.

V.35 Herculaneum, September 2015.

Embedded tufa columns in east wall of entrance corridor, or fauces 13.

 

V.35, Herculaneum, May 2001. Embedded tufa columns in east wall of entrance corridor, or fauces 13. Photo courtesy of Current Archaeology.

V.35 Herculaneum, May 2001.

Embedded tufa columns in east wall of entrance corridor, or fauces 13. Photo courtesy of Current Archaeology.

 

V.35 Herculaneum, May 2006. Looking north along entrance corridor 13, across vestibule 11 towards triclinium 1. card%2010%20666

V.35 Herculaneum, May 2006. Looking north along entrance corridor 13, across vestibule 11 towards triclinium 1.

 

V.35 Herculaneum, September 2015. Steps at north end of entrance corridor 13 leading to vestibule 11.

V.35 Herculaneum, September 2015. Steps at north end of entrance corridor 13 leading to vestibule 11.

 

V.35 Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking south along east wall of entrance corridor 13. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

V.35 Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking south along east wall of entrance corridor 13. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

 

V.35 Herculaneum. March 2014. Looking towards south end of east wall of entrance corridor 13. Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

V.35 Herculaneum. March 2014. Looking towards south end of east wall of entrance corridor 13.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

 

V.35 Herculaneum. March 2014. Vestibule 11, looking south-east towards entrance corridor 13. Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

V.35 Herculaneum. March 2014. Vestibule 11, looking south-east towards entrance corridor 13.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

 

V.35 Herculaneum. March 2014. Looking east towards north end of entrance corridor 13. Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

V.35 Herculaneum. March 2014. Looking south-east towards north end of entrance corridor 13.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

 

V.35 Herculaneum. March 2014. Looking east along vestibule 11 at north end of entrance corridor 13. Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

V.35 Herculaneum. March 2014. Looking east along vestibule 11 at north end of entrance corridor 13.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

 

V.35 Herculaneum. March 2014. Looking east at detail of upper doorway on north end of entrance corridor 13. Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

V.35 Herculaneum. March 2014.

Looking east at detail of upper doorway on north end of entrance corridor 13.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

 

V.35 Herculaneum, May 2001. Looking east towards north end of entrance corridor 13. Photo courtesy of Current Archaeology.

V.35 Herculaneum, May 2001.

Looking east towards north end of entrance corridor 13. Photo courtesy of Current Archaeology.

 

V.35 Herculaneum. March 2014. Looking south-west towards west side of entrance corridor 13 and courtyard 12. Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

V.35 Herculaneum. March 2014. Looking south-west towards west side of entrance corridor 13 and courtyard 12.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

 

V.35 Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking south-west along Vestibule 11, and wall of courtyard 12.

V.35 Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking south-west along Vestibule 11, and wall of courtyard 12.

 

V.35 Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking south towards the courtyard 12, on west side of entrance corridor 13. According to Maiuri, this small open courtyard to the side of the entrance and on a higher level than the rooms, had the double function of being the atrium to light and air the house, and to collect the rainwater from the roof into the cistern.

V.35 Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking south towards the courtyard 12, on west side of entrance corridor 13.

According to Maiuri, this small open courtyard to the side of the entrance and on a higher level than the rooms, had the double function of being the atrium to light and air the house, and to collect the rainwater from the roof into the cistern.

 

Ins. V 35, Herculaneum, 1964. Looking south towards the courtyard 12. 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. J64f1170

V.35 Herculaneum, 1964. Looking south towards the courtyard 12. 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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Ins. V 35, Herculaneum, 1964. East wall of courtyard 12. 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. J64f1169

V.35 Herculaneum, 1964. East wall of courtyard 12. 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.35 Herculaneum. March 2014. Detail from east wall of courtyard 12. Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

V.35 Herculaneum. March 2014. Detail from east wall of courtyard 12.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

 

V.35 Herculaneum. March 2014. Courtyard 12, looking south. Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

V.35 Herculaneum. March 2014. Courtyard 12, looking south.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

 

V.35 Herculaneum, September 2015. Courtyard 12, looking south.

V.35 Herculaneum, September 2015. Courtyard 12, looking south.

 

V.35 Herculaneum. March 2014. Courtyard 12, looking south. Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

V.35 Herculaneum. March 2014. Courtyard 12, looking south.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

 

V,35 Herculaneum. August 2013. Detail of cistern mouth in courtyard 12. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

V.35 Herculaneum. August 2013. Detail of cistern mouth in courtyard 12. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

 

V.35 Herculaneum. March 2014. Cistern mouth in courtyard 12. Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

V.35 Herculaneum. March 2014. Cistern mouth in courtyard 12.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

 

V.35 Herculaneum. March 2014. Courtyard 12, looking into cistern mouth. Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

V.35 Herculaneum. March 2014. Courtyard 12, looking into cistern mouth.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

 

V. 35, Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking south-west across courtyard 12. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

V.35 Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking south-west across courtyard 12. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

 

Ins. V 35, Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking south-west across courtyard garden 12, towards doorway and window of diaeta 6.

V.35 Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking south-west across courtyard garden 12, towards doorway and window of diaeta 6.

 

V.35 Herculaneum. March 2014. Looking south-west across courtyard garden 12, towards west wall with doorway and window of diaeta 6. Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

V.35 Herculaneum. March 2014.

Looking south-west across courtyard garden 12, towards west wall with doorway and window of diaeta 6.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

 

V.35 Herculaneum. March 2014. Courtyard 12. Upper west wall on north side of window. Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

V.35 Herculaneum. March 2014. Courtyard 12. Upper west wall on north side of window.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

 

V.35 Herculaneum. March 2014. Courtyard 12. Detail from west wall. Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

V.35 Herculaneum. March 2014. Courtyard 12. Detail from west wall.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

 

V.35 Herculaneum. March 2014. Detail from west wall. Courtyard 12. Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

V.35 Herculaneum. March 2014. Detail from west wall. Courtyard 12.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

 

 

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