Herculaneum Streets. Decumano Massimo or Decumanus Maximus.
Looking west along Ins V. on Decumanus Maximus, Herculaneum. 1975. 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, 4th December 1971.
Looking west across site at northern end of Decumanus Maximus.
from access bridge.
Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer, from Dr George Fay’s slides collection.
Looking west along Decumanus Maximus, Herculaneum, 1968, from the access bridge/roadway. 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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Looking west along Decumanus Maximus, Herculaneum, 1957, from the access bridge/roadway. 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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Decumanus Maximus, south side,
Herculaneum. March 2014. Looking west from V.21, on left.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Decumanus
Maximus, south side, Herculaneum. Photo taken between October 2014 and
November 2019.
Looking
west along north side of Ins. V, from V.21 on left. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Decumanus Maximus, Herculaneum. March 2014. Looking west from
V.20, on left.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Insula V, north side, Herculaneum. 1955.
Looking west along Ins V. on Decumanus Maximus, Wilhelmina is just going into V.15, the House of the Bicentenary. 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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Decumanus Maximus, south side, Herculaneum. March 2014. Looking
east along south side, with doorway to V.15, in centre.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Decumanus Maximus, Herculaneum. March 2014. Looking west from
V.16, on left.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Decumanus Maximus, Herculaneum, June 2012.
Looking west between Ins. V.16, on left, and north side of Decumanus Maximus, on right. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Decumanus
Maximus, south side, Herculaneum. March 2014. Looking west along upper floor of
House of Bicentenario.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Decumanus Maximus, Herculaneum. May 2004. Looking west along south side. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Decumanus Maximus, Herculaneum. September 2003. Looking west along south side. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Looking west along Ins V. on Decumanus Maximus, Herculaneum. May 2006.
Decumanus Maximus, Herculaneum,
September 2017.
Looking
west towards fountain on south side of roadway, seen from access bridge.
Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Decumanus Maximus, Herculaneum. March 2014. Looking south
towards shop at V.10, in centre, and Cardo IV, on right.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Decumanus Maximus, Herculaneum. May 2004.
Looking west along south side, from near junction with Cardo IV. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Decumanus Maximus, Herculaneum. May 2010.
Shop V.10 on left, north end of Cardo IV with water tower, street altar and fountain, and VI.12, on right. Looking south-west.
Decumanus Maximus, south side, Herculaneum. September 2019.
Looking north towards west end of fountain of “Venus”. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Decumanus Maximus, south side, Herculaneum. Photo taken between October 2014 and November 2019.
Looking north towards east end of fountain of
“Venus”. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Decumanus Maximus, south side, Herculaneum. June 2011.
Looking south across fountain of Venus towards junction with Cardo IV. Photo courtesy of Sera Baker.
Decumanus Maximus, south side, Herculaneum. June 2011. Looking west. Photo courtesy of Sera Baker.
Decumanus Maximus, Herculaneum. September 2019.
Looking towards
relief of Venus at west end of fountain. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Decumanus Maximus, Herculaneum. September 2019. Looking towards relief at east end of fountain. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Decumanus Maximus, Herculaneum. Photo taken between October 2014 and November 2019.
Looking
west towards four-sided Arch. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Decumanus Maximus, Herculaneum. March 2014. Looking west towards
four-sided Arch.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Decumanus Maximus, south side, Herculaneum. March 2014.
Looking west towards carbonised wood on balcony above VI.12/13.
Foto Annette
Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Decumanus
Maximus, south side, September 2015.
Looking
west along drainage channel on the north side of Insula VI, towards the
four-sided arch of the Augusteum/Basilica.
Photo
courtesy of Michael Binns.
Decumanus
Maximus, Herculaneum. March 2014. Looking west towards four-sided Arch.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Decumanus Maximus, September 2019.
Looking west along roadway, towards the four-sided arch of the Augusteum/Basilica.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Decumanus Maximus, south side, Herculaneum, June 2011.
Looking east along drainage channel near north side of Insula VI. Photo courtesy of Sera Baker.
Decumanus Maximus, south side, Herculaneum. June 2011.
Detail of drainage channel, near north side of Insula VI. Looking east. Photo courtesy of Sera Baker.
In September 1961, Maiuri wrote “After a few weeks I found and finally opened the street of the Forum of Herculaneum, and it seems to me that the city has regained its breath and found its natural centre of life........etc. A great roadway closed to carriages and beasts of burden, open only to pedestrians, with low and wide pavements/sidewalks, ample gutters for the disposal of water and a shady portico for walking in during the hot hours of the day and also offering a little cool air to us too. It was the large street of the ancient town that runs today at a depth of 15 and more metres, parallel to the roads of present-day Resina.”
See Maiuri, A. (2008). Cronache degli
scavi di Ercolano, 1927-1961, introduced by Mario
Capasso. Sorrento, Franco Di Mauro Editore s.r.l., (p.117)
(“A distanza di poche settimane trovo
finalmente aperto la vie del foro d’Ercolano e mi sembra che la citta abbia
riacquistato il suo respire e ritrovato il suo
naturale centro di vita…..etc. Una grande via chiusa ai carriaggi e alle bestie
da soma, aperta solo al transito pedonale con larghi e bassi marciapiedi,
capaci cunette per lo smaltimento delle acque e un portico ombroso da
passeggiarvi nelle ore calde del giorno e da offrire presto anche a noi un po’
di frescura. Era il gran Corso della città antica che corre oggi, a 15 e più
metri di profondità, parallelamente al Corso dell’odierna Resina.”)
Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking east from four-sided Arch, along the Decumanus Maximus.
Herculaneum, June 2014.
Looking east from four-sided Arch, along the Decumanus Maximus, on either side of the arch were two statue bases.
Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Decumanus Maximus, Herculaneum. August 2013.
Looking east from four-sided Arch on Decumanus Maximus. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Herculaneum, May 2011. Looking east from four-sided Arch, along the Decumanus Maximus. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Decumanus
Maximus, Herculaneum. March 2014. Looking west along north side.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Decumanus Maximus, August 2021. Looking towards north side
with doorways 1-5 under colonnade. Photo courtesy of Robert Hanson.
Decumanus
Maximus, Herculaneum. March 2014.
Looking
towards north side of roadway on east side of colonnade, with large doorway 8,
in centre.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Decumanus Maximus, Herculaneum. May 2005. Looking west along north side into the unexcavated. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Decumanus Maximus, Herculaneum. September 2003. Looking west along north side. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Decumanus Maximus, Herculaneum. August
2021. Looking west on Decumanus Maximus. Photo courtesy of Robert Hanson.
Decumanus Maximus, Herculaneum. May 2011. Looking west from east end. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Decumanus Maximus, Herculaneum. March 2014.
Looking towards east end at junction with Cardo V, with fountain
decorated with head of Hercules.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Decumanus Maximus, north side. October 2020.
Fountain decorated with head of Hercules, from near east end of Ins. V. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
October 2014. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Decumanus Maximus, east end. May 2006. Fountain decorated with head of Hercules. Looking north.
Decumanus Maximus, east end. Photo taken between October 2014 and November 2019.
Fountain decorated with head of Hercules. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Decumanus Maximus, east end. October 2020.
Fountain decorated with head of Hercules. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Fountain decorated with head of Hercules, Herculaneum. 1975. 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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Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer, from Dr George Fay’s slides collection.
Decumanus Maximus, south side, Herculaneum. June 2011. Looking south towards junction with Cardo IV. Photo courtesy of Sera Baker.
Decumanus Maximus, south side, Herculaneum. June 2011. Looking west. Photo courtesy of Sera Baker.
Decumanus Maximus, south side, Herculaneum. October 2012.
Detail of Venus from west end of fountain on south side of roadway. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Decumanus Maximus, south side, Herculaneum. June 2011. Detail of Venus. Photo courtesy of Sera Baker.
Decumanus Maximus, south side, Herculaneum. October 2012.
Detail from east end of fountain of Venus on south side of roadway. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Decumanus Maximus, south side, Herculaneum. June 2011.
Detail from east end of fountain of Venus on south side. Photo courtesy of Sera Baker.
Decumanus Maximus, east end, Herculaneum, May 2004.
Looking east from junction with Cardo V, on right. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Decumanus Maximus, Herculaneum, September 2015. East end, looking west.
Looking west along Ins V. on Decumanus Maximus, at east end. Herculaneum, May 2006.
Decumanus Maximus, Herculaneum, May 2006.
Looking south along Cardo V Superiore, from corner of Decumanus Maximus at east end.
Decumanus Maximus, east end, Herculaneum, September 2015.
Looking east towards northern end of Ins. Orientalis II.
Decumanus Maximus, east end, Herculaneum, August 2013.
Looking east towards northern end of Ins. Orientalis II. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Decumanus Maximus, east end, Herculaneum, June 2012.
Looking east towards northern end of Ins. Orientalis II. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Ins. Orientalis II, 19 Herculaneum, September 2015.
Looking east towards north end of site, from east end of Ins. V and Decumanus Maximus.