Herculaneum Streets. Cardo III.
Herculaneum. Entrance footbridge, at south-west side of entrance roadway.
This bridge used to lead onto the House of the Albergo (Ins. III.1), whereas now it leads to the lower end of Cardo III Inferiore.
Looking north across access bridge towards roadway known as Cardo III Inferiore.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Herculaneum, June 2011.
Looking north across access bridge towards roadway known as Cardo III Inferiore. Photo courtesy of Sera Baker.
Herculaneum, photo taken between October 2014 and November 2019.
Looking north across access bridge towards Cardo III, with Ins. II on left, and Ins. III on right. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking north across access bridge towards roadway known as Cardo III Inferiore.
Ins. II can be seen on the left.
Cardo III, Herculaneum. April 2017.
Looking north from access bridge. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Cardo III, Herculaneum. March 2019. Looking north from access bridge, with II.1, on left, and III.1, on right.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking north from access bridge towards Cardo III.
Herculaneum, June 2012. Looking south across access bridge, with II.1 Casa di Aristide, on the right.
On the left is III.1 Casa dell’Albergo. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Cardo III, Herculaneum. March 2019. Looking north, with II.1, on left, and III.1, on right.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Cardo III Inferiore, Herculaneum. September 2015.
Looking towards entrance doorway of III.1 on east side of Cardo III Inferiore. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Cardo III Inferiore, Herculaneum. April 2014.
Looking north towards doorway of II.2, on
left, and III.1/2, on right. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Cardo III Inferiore, Herculaneum. Photo taken between October 2014 and November 2019.
Looking south. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum. March 2019. Cardo III, detail of blocks used for roadway.
Foto Annette
Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
II.2 Herculaneum, September 2015.
Looking south on Cardo III Inferiore towards doorway with benches on either side of it.
Cardo III outside II.3 Herculaneum, October 2014. Looking west towards entrance doorway.
Embedded in the pavement are the remains of the two columns which would have supported a roof over the doorway.
Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Cardo III Inferiore, Herculaneum. Photo taken between October 2014 and November 2019.
Looking north with
Ins II. on left, and Ins III. on right. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Cardo III Inferiore, Herculaneum. May 2010. Looking north with Ins II. on left, and Ins III. on right.
Herculaneum. March 2019. Cardo III, pavement edging on east side, probably a re-used doorway threshold.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Herculaneum. March 2019. Cardo III, detail of pavement edging on
south side of III.4.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
II.3 Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking north-west from near doorway along the west side of Cardo III.
Cardo III. Inferiore, Herculaneum. September 2015. Looking north along west side of roadway. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Cardo III Inferiore, Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking south from near the doorway to the shop at II.4 on right.
On the left is the entrance doorway to III.3 Casa dello Scheletro.
Cardo III Inferiore, Herculaneum. May 2010. Looking south with Ins. III on left, Ins. II on right.
Cardo III, Herculaneum. March 2019. Looking north from junction with Decumanus Inferiore, from between VII.2 and VI.3.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Cardo III Superiore, Herculaneum, September 2015.
Looking north from junction with Decumanus Inferiore. The doorway to VII.1 is on the left.
Cardo III Superiore, Herculaneum, October 2022.
Looking north along west side, from VII.1, entrance into workshop of C. Messenius Eunomus. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Cardo III Superiore, Herculaneum, October 2022.
Looking north along west side with doorways at VII.2, on left, VII.3 and VII.4. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Cardo III Superiore, Herculaneum. Silver bust of the Emperor Galba found in street outside VII.2.
According to Maiuri, the house VII.2 was named after a bust of the Emperor Galba, but this was found in the street in front of the house.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 110127.
According to Wallace-Hadrill, this was perhaps from the so called Basilica.
See Wallace-Hadrill, A., 2011. Herculaneum Past and Future. London: Frances Lincoln, p. 184.
Herculaneum. Cardo III. April 2023.
Part of a statue of an unknown elderly man resembling the Emperor Vespasian.
He was clearly an important citizen worthy of having a statue erected in his honour.
On displayed in “Campania Romana” gallery of Naples Archaeological Museum, inv. no. 152797.
Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum. Cardo III. April 2023.
Detail of part of a statue of an unknown elderly man resembling the Emperor Vespasian.
Displayed in “Campania Romana” gallery of Naples Archaeological Museum, inv. 152797.
Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Herculaneum. Cardo III. April 2023. Detail of head from a statue of an unknown elderly man resembling the Emperor Vespasian.
On display in “Campania Romana” gallery of Naples Archaeological Museum, inv. 152797. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Cardo III Superiore, Herculaneum, October 2022.
Looking north along west side with doorways at VII.5, on left, VII.6, VII.7, and continuing northwards to junction with Decumanus Maximus.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Cardo III Superiore, Herculaneum, October 2023. Looking north along west side from
VII.7 on left. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Cardo III, Herculaneum. March 2019. Looking north from between VII.12, on left, and VI.30, on right.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Cardo III, Herculaneum. February 2008.
Looking south, from near entrance to central baths, on left. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Cardo III, Herculaneum. May 2006.
Looking south along east side, from near the central baths. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Cardo III, Herculaneum. August 2021. Looking south from
northern end of Cardo III. Photo courtesy of Robert Hanson.
Cardo III, Herculaneum. October 2020.
Looking south from northern end of Cardo III. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Cardo III, Herculaneum. September 2019.
Looking south from northern end of Cardo III. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Cardo III, Herculaneum. March 2019. Looking south from north end.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Cardo III Superiore, Herculaneum. September 2015. Northern end, looking north-east.
Cardo III Superiore, Herculaneum. September 2015. Northern end with entrance doorway to VI.24 on east side.
Cardo III, Herculaneum. March 2014. Looking north at
northern end.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Cardo III Superiore, Herculaneum. September 2015. Looking north at northern end with entrance doorway to VI.24 on right.
Cardo III Superiore, Herculaneum. September 2019. Looking
north to steps and rectangular structure. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Cardo III Superiore, Herculaneum. June 2011.
Looking north to steps and rectangular structure at the northern end of the Cardo. Photo courtesy of Sera Baker.
Cardo III, Herculaneum. March 2014.
Looking north on west side of rectangular structure.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Cardo III, Herculaneum. March 2014.
Doorway threshold from west side of rectangular structure.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Cardo III Superiore, Herculaneum. August 2013.
Looking south from rear east side of rectangular structure with steps. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
According to Wallace-Hadrill, “No wagons or carts carrying supplies to shops and private houses could pass here.
Even Cardo III was end-stopped. A rectangular structure, a little over a metre high, stands in the way of traffic.
Its function is not obvious.
It has been identified as a tribunal, or suggestum, from which a magistrate could address the people, or a public crier could make an announcement.
An alternative would be to see it as a base of a small shrine.”
See Wallace-Hadrill, A., (2011). Herculaneum Past and Future. London: Frances Lincoln, (p.177).
Cardo III, Herculaneum. Detail from Great Album of Names, originally discovered 24th/26th May 1739.
Top left is a fragment discovered in the eighteenth century; two new fragments found in 1961 are top right.
Below is a join between an old and a new fragment. Photo courtesy of Prof. Andrew Wallace-Hadrill.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory numbers 3728, 3729.
See Wallace-Hadrill, A. (2011). Herculaneum, Past and Future. London, Frances Lincoln Ltd, (p.139).
According to Wallace-Hadrill –
“Numerous fragments with names carefully cut into handsome white marble slabs, emerged from the earliest Bourbon excavations on
26th May and 1st July 1739. Because at the time there were two excavations, at the Theatre and at the ‘new excavations’ (“nuevas grutus” in Spanish) near Via Mare, there was continuous confusion over what came from where, and it was long believed they came from the Theatre.
Only when, at the end of his career, Amedeo Maiuri was exploring the area of the Basilica did three new fragments emerge, one of which matches perfectly an old fragment.”
See Wallace-Hadrill, A. (2011). Herculaneum, Past and Future. London, Frances Lincoln Ltd, (p.138).
Herculaneum, Great Album of Names, discovered 24th May 1739.
See
Fiorelli, G. 1868. Catalogo del Museo Nazionale di Napoli - Raccolta epigrafica
2 – Iscrizioni Latine, (p. 127).
Herculaneum, Great Album of Names, discovered 24th May 1739.
See
Fiorelli, G. 1868. Catalogo del Museo Nazionale di Napoli - Raccolta
epigrafica 2 – Iscrizioni Latine, (p. 128).
Herculaneum, Great Album of Names, discovered 24th May 1739.
See
Fiorelli, G. 1868. Catalogo del Museo Nazionale di Napoli - Raccolta
epigrafica 2 – Iscrizioni Latine, (p. 129).
Herculaneum, Great Album of Names, discovered 24th May 1739.
See
Fiorelli, G. 1868. Catalogo del Museo Nazionale di Napoli - Raccolta
epigrafica 2 – Iscrizioni Latine, (p. 130).
See Wallace-Hadrill, A. (2011). Herculaneum, Past and Future. London, Frances Lincoln Ltd, (p.138-145).