Herculaneum South-east corner. Suburban Baths. Smaller original caldarium, and larger newer caldarium.
Ercolano. Angolo sud-est. Terme
suburbane. Calidarium originale più piccolo e calidarium
nuovo più grande.
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 Suburban Baths. October 2023.
West wall of tepidarium,
with doorway to smaller original caldarium. Photo courtesy of
Johannes Eber.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. June 2014.
Looking towards west wall of tepidarium, with doorway to smaller original caldarium. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Herculaneum Suburban Baths. October 2023.
Looking south along
bench against west wall of tepidarium, with doorway to smaller original
caldarium. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023.
West wall
of tepidarium, with doorway into smaller original caldarium. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023.
Smaller original caldarium, looking south
towards window in alcove. Photo
courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Herculaneum Suburban Baths. October 2023.
Smaller original
caldarium, looking south towards window in alcove with marble basin for cold
water (labrum). Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. June 2014.
Smaller original caldarium, looking south towards window in alcove with marble basin for cold water (labrum).
Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. April 2008.
Looking south to
ornamental water inlet on rear wall behind marble basin. Photo courtesy of
Nicolas Monteix.
This was relocated to this position after the excavation, whereas it had been found on the opposite side of the room.
Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. April 2008. Marble basin for cold water (labrum). Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. October 2001. Smaller original caldarium.
Marble basin for cold water (labrum) by the window in the smaller original caldarium.
This was relocated to this position after the excavation, whereas it had been found on the opposite side of the room. Photo courtesy of Peter Woods.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. October 2001.
Detail of the marble basin (labrum) by the window in the caldarium. Photo courtesy of Peter Woods.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. June 2014.
Detail of decoration in alcove and west wall of original caldarium. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Herculaneum
Suburban Baths. October 2023. Detail of decoration on west wall of
original caldarium. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. April 2008. Detail of decoration on west wall of original
caldarium. Photo courtesy of Nicolas
Monteix.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023.
West wall and
north-west corner of original caldarium. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. June 2014. West wall and north-west corner of original caldarium. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. April 2008.
Detail of
north-west corner of original caldarium. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023.
North-west corner of
hot plunge pool. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023. Detail from upper north-west corner above plunge pool. Photo
courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023.
North end of original
caldarium. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Herculaneum
Suburban Baths. October 2023. Detail of wall stucco in north-east corner above
plunge pool.
North end
of original caldarium. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. June 2014.
Looking north to hot plunge bath in original smaller caldarium. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Suburban Baths,
Herculaneum, May 2001. Hot plunge bath in original smaller caldarium. Photo
courtesy of Current Archaeology.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023. Looking towards north-east corner of hot plunge pool. Photo
courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. June 2014. Detail from upper north-east corner and east wall. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023. Looking north-east across original caldarium. Photo
courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023. Flooring in original caldarium. Photo courtesy of Johannes
Eber.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023. North side of original caldarium. Photo courtesy of
Johannes Eber.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. April 2008.
Outline form of the shape of the basin on east side of smaller original caldarium.
Photo courtesy of
Nicolas Monteix.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. April 2008.
Detail of the cast of the basin and shards of glass buried
in the cast. Photo courtesy of Nicolas
Monteix.
Herculaneum Suburban Baths. October 2023.
Detail of the cast of the basin and shards of glass buried
in the cast. Photo courtesy of
Johannes Eber.
Herculaneum Suburban Baths. October 2023.
Detail of the cast of the basin and shards of glass buried
in the cast. Photo courtesy of
Johannes Eber.
Herculaneum Suburban Baths. October 2023.
Smaller original caldarium, east side, with doorway to
tepidarium. Photo courtesy of
Johannes Eber.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. October 2001. Smaller original caldarium, east side.
Outline form of the shape of the basin set into the volcanic material which entered through the window, violently throwing the basin from its support. Shards of glass appear buried in the cast.
On the right is the doorway leading into the tepidarium, and across into the second larger caldarium. Photo courtesy of Peter Woods.
Herculaneum Suburban Baths. October
2023. Detail of doorway in east wall leading into tepidarium. Photo courtesy of
Johannes Eber.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. June 2014. Looking south across tepidarium.
On the left is the door to the larger caldarium. On the right is the door to the original smaller caldarium. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. June 2014. East wall of tepidarium, with doorway to larger caldarium. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Herculaneum
Suburban Baths. October 2023.
Second caldarium, looking east through
doorway from tepidarium. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum, May 2004.
Second caldarium, with large central bath and window overlooking the sea. Looking east.
According to Wallace-Hadrill, the original Baths were built with the standard areas of entrance hall, followed by cold, warm and hot rooms.
This original Caldarium was small and intimate.
Then a second Caldarium was added, with its own furnace operating by direct heating immediately under the bronze “samovar” in the middle of the pool.
It offered an area of warm water big enough for up to twenty to swim in.
See Wallace-Hadrill, A., (2011): Herculaneum, past and future. London, Francis Lincoln Ltd., (p.159).
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023. Looking
east across pool in second larger caldarium. Photo
courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. May 2017.
Looking east across
pool in second larger caldarium. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023. Looking north-east across pool. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. June 2014. Looking east across pool. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. October 2001.
Looking east across hot pool in the second larger caldarium. Photo courtesy of Peter Woods.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023.
Looking towards north
end of east wall. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023.
Looking towards lower
north end of east wall and window. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. June 2014. Detail of vaulted area above window at east end. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. April 2008. Looking east across hot pool. Photo courtesy of Nicolas
Monteix.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum, May 2001. Hot pool in the second larger caldarium.
This pool would have been heated by its own furnace heating
the water under the “bronze samovar” which would have been situated in the
centre of the pool. Photo courtesy of Current Archaeology.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023.
Detail of area in
pool where the bronze samovar would have sat, heating the water. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. April 2008.
Detail of area
where the bronze samovar would have sat, heating the water. Photo courtesy of
Nicolas Monteix.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. June 2014. Looking north across pool. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. June 2014. Edging of pool. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. June 2014. Looking towards north wall. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023. Looking north along steps at west end of pool. Photo
courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023. Steps in north-west corner of pool. Photo courtesy of
Johannes Eber.
Herculaneum, May 2001.
Looking towards west wall and north-west corner, with steps at west end of hot pool in the second larger caldarium.
Photo courtesy
of Current Archaeology.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. June 2014.
Looking west along south side of pool in second larger caldarium. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. June 2014. Looking west in second larger caldarium. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Herculaneum Suburban Baths. October 2023.
Looking towards west
wall in second larger caldarium. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Herculaneum
Suburban Baths. October 2023. Niche in west wall. Photo courtesy of Johannes
Eber.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. June 2014. Upper west wall of second larger caldarium. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023.
Niche with stucco
shell in upper west wall of second larger caldarium. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. June 2014. Remains of upper area of second larger caldarium. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. June 2014. Decorative stucco in second larger caldarium. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum, April 2016. Exterior south-west corner, and south side. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum, July 2007. Exterior south side of Baths, from access roadway.
Photo courtesy of
Jennifer Stephens. ©jfs2007_HERC-8644.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum, July 2009. Exterior south side of Baths, with access to beachfront. Photo courtesy of Sera Baker.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum, February 2007.
Ramp/steps giving access to beachfront from Baths. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum, February 2007.
Exterior south side of Baths, with access to beachfront. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Beachfront, Herculaneum, July 2009.
South-east corner of site, beachfront excavations below the steps/ramp giving access to the beach. Photo courtesy of Sera Baker.
Suburban Baths, boatsheds and beachfront drainage and
excavations, Herculaneum, July 2009.
Photo courtesy of Sera Baker.
Suburban Baths, and beachfront, Herculaneum, July 2009.
Exterior south side of Baths in south-east corner of site, during excavations and drainage work.
Photo courtesy of Sera Baker.
Suburban Baths, and beachfront, Herculaneum, July 2009.
Exterior south side of Baths in south-east corner of site, beneath the House of the Telephus Relief.
Photo courtesy of Sera Baker.
Suburban Baths, and beachfront, Herculaneum, July 2009.
South-east corner of site, beachfront excavations beneath the House of the Telephus Relief. Photo courtesy of Sera Baker.
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