VII.6.25 Pompeii. Extra room on west side of VII.6.24 and VII.6.23, linked to VII.6.22.

Excavated 1762, 1846, 1872, 1910. Bombed in 1943.

According to Garcia y Garcia Region VII, Insula VI was one of the insulae most devastated over the years since its excavation.

He calls it the “Cinderella” of Pompeii. Between the years 1759 and 1762 it was vandalised and stripped by the Bourbons, then re-interred.

Then came the slow and non-systematic uncovering again before the final destruction in September 1943.

The area was ignored and abandoned during the years following the war, which reduced the insula to a heap of bricks and masonry.

See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.102).

VII.6.23-27 Pompeii. Plan based on PPM.

See Carratelli, G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici: Vol. VII. Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, p. 182.

VII.6.25 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking north at entrance to large room, linked in rear wall to VII.6.22 before bombing.

On the left, against the (vanished) west wall, would have been a staircase to the upper floor.

See Eschebach, L., 1993. Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan der antiken Stadt Pompeji. Köln: Böhlau. (p.295).

VII.6.25 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking north-west towards entrance, between the pilasters, on right. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

VII.6.25 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking north-west towards entrance, between the centre pilasters.

VII.7 Pompeii, on left. May 2011. Looking west along Vicolo dei Soprastanti across entrance at VII.6.25 (on right).

Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

VII.7 Pompeii, on left. Vicolo dei Soprastanti looking west across entrance at VII.6.25 (on right)