Herculaneum South-east corner. Sacred Area terrace, north-west corner.
Ercolano. Angolo sud-est. Area
sacra, angolo nord-ovest.
Herculaneum
Entrance and views across terrace Terrace
of Marcus Nonius Balbus Suburban
Baths, atrium and surrounding rooms Suburban
Baths, Waiting room, Frigidarium and Tepidarium Suburban
Baths Caldarium Sacred
Area Terrace Shrine
of Venus Temple
of four Gods Terrace north-west corner Ancient
shoreline, arched vaults or boatsheds Building with boat exhibition
Herculaneum, March 2014. Sacred Area terrace,
looking towards the north-west corner.
Foto
Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Above
the north-west corner is an area with windows giving light and air to the rooms
below the Casa dell’Albergo (III.1).
Herculaneum, September 2015. Sacred Area terrace, floor in north-west corner.
Herculaneum, September 2015. Sacred Area terrace, detail of floor in north-west corner.
Herculaneum, September 2015. Sacred Area terrace, room in north-west corner.
Herculaneum, September 2015. Sacred Area terrace, looking west in room in north-west corner.
Herculaneum, September 2015. Sacred Area terrace, south wall of room in north-west corner.
Herculaneum, September 2015. Sacred Area terrace, north wall in room in north-west corner.
Herculaneum, September 2015. Sacred Area terrace, podium near north-west corner.
Herculaneum, September 2015. Sacred Area terrace, vaulted ceiling of room in north-west corner of terrace.
Herculaneum, August 2013. Sacred Area terrace, north-west corner. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Herculaneum, September 2015. Sacred Area terrace, looking south along the west side, from the north-west corner.
Herculaneum, August 2013. Sacred Area terrace, looking south in the north-west corner. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Herculaneum, September 2015. Sacred Area terrace, remains of columns, at west end of terrace.
Herculaneum, September 2015. Sacred Area terrace, looking towards the south end of the west end of the terrace.
Herculaneum, August 2013. Sacred Area terrace, looking north-east from south end. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Herculaneum, September 2015. Sacred Area terrace, looking east from north-west corner at area behind the shrine to the Four Gods.
Herculaneum, September 2015. Sacred Area terrace, looking south-east from north-west corner.
Herculaneum, August 2013. Sacred Area terrace, looking south-east from north-west corner. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Herculaneum, September 2015. Sacred Area terrace, looking south towards steps to the shrine of the Four Gods.
Herculaneum, August 2013.
Sacred Area terrace, looking north towards steps to the shrine of the Four Gods. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Herculaneum, September 2015. Sacred Area terrace, looking east along the south side of the terrace.
Herculaneum, March 2014. Sacred Area terrace,
looking east along the south side of the terrace.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Herculaneum, May 2006. Looking east towards the Sacred Area, with the terrace of the House of the Mosaic Atrium, above it.
Herculaneum, 1964.
Looking east towards the shrine of Venus in the Sacred Area, and with the rear of the House of the Mosaic Atrium above.
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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Herculaneum, 1961.
Looking from the shrine of Venus in the Sacred Area towards the rear of the House of the Mosaic Atrium. 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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Herculaneum, 1961.
Looking east from the shrine of Venus, across the Sacred Area, with the terraces of the House of Mosaic Atrium, and House of the Stags, above it.
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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Herculaneum, September 2015. Sacred Area terrace, looking east down onto the beachfront.
Herculaneum, September 2015. Sacred Area terrace, remains of a marble-clad altar, looking east.
Herculaneum, August 2013. Sacred Area terrace, remains of a marble-clad altar, looking west. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Herculaneum, September 2015.
Sacred Area terrace, looking west across floor of terrace towards remains of a marble-clad altar.
Herculaneum, September 2015. Sacred Area terrace, looking north-west towards the front wall of the shrine of the Four Gods.
Herculaneum, September 2015. Sacred Area terrace, remains of an altar on the south side of the shrine of Venus.
Herculaneum, August 2013.
Sacred Area terrace, remains of an altar on the south side of the shrine of Venus. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Herculaneum, September 2015. Sacred Area terrace, looking north-east across terrace.
Herculaneum, August 2013.
Sacred Area terrace, looking east across terrace. This area was originally a large garden area. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Herculaneum, August 2013. Sacred Area terrace, looking east across terrace.
The doorway, centre left, leading back to the terrace of Balbus, and the one on the right into large room 7. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Sacred Area terrace, looking east towards doorway to large room 7 which contained a large podium against the north wall and masonry benches against the west and east walls. The remains of many columns and pilasters can be seen laid on the terrace floor.
Originally this was a large rectangular garden area in which two labra were found.
See Camardo, D, and Notomista, M, eds. (2017). Ercolano: 1927-1961. L’impresa archeologico di Amedeo Maiuri e l’esperimento della citta museo. Rome, L’Erma di Bretschneider, (p.284, Scheda 59).
Herculaneum, photo taken between October 2014 and November 2019.
Looking north towards Sacred Area terrace from access roadway, with boatsheds below. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum, October 2014. Sacred Area terrace above boatsheds, looking north from access roadway.
The remains of many columns and pilasters can be seen laid on the terrace floor. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Herculaneum Entrance and views across terrace Terrace of Marcus Nonius Balbus Suburban Baths, atrium and surrounding rooms Suburban Baths, Waiting room, Frigidarium and Tepidarium Suburban Baths Caldarium Sacred Area Terrace Shrine of Venus Temple of four Gods Terrace north-west corner Ancient shoreline, arched vaults or boatsheds Building with boat exhibition