VII.12.20 Pompeii. Entrance to upper storey of Lupanare or Brothel.
Excavated 1862. (Vico del
Balcone Pensile 2)
Part 1 Part 2
VII.12.20 Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance doorway. This doorway had a bell.
The top floor was reached by a staircase. This led to a corridor which gave access to five more small rooms.
These were in addition to the five rooms below in the Lupanare at VII.12.18 and VII.12.19.
VII.12.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Entrance corridor, leading to latrine and staircase, originally made of wood.
See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.112)
VII.12.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Wall of latrine.
VII.12.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Latrine.
VII.12.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Walls of Latrine.
VII.12.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Staircase to upper floor (originally made of wood).
VII.12.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking east along corridor at top of staircase.
VII.12.20 Pompeii. c.1908-1909. Looking west towards upper floor balcony/corridor around the edges of the doorways to rooms.
The doorways and window of rooms 3 and 4 can be seen, centre right, overlooking Vicolo del Lupanare.
The other doorways overlooking Vicolo del Balcone Pensile are on the left.
According to Sogliano –
“As for the balcony, I had only its two ends reconstructed (fig. I, a, a), because the height of these was marked with certainty by the traces of ancient plaster on the outside of the walls. I did not close the remaining part of the balcony, because, although there was no longer any doubt as to its height, the number and position of the windows that were to illuminate it remained uncertain, especially as the communication doorways between the balcony itself and the chambers, due to the singular distribution given to the rooms, do not keep a regular distance between them, and are seen very close together towards the ends, leaving a large section of wall towards the middle with no openings at all. Given this configuration, various hypotheses are equally possible, but two are enough to make the restoration uncertain. In such uncertainty, I have limited the restoration to just the two ends, which I have had covered with tiles of a similar size to the ancient ones, which seen from below appear to be the protruding part of the roof that was meant to cover the entire building.”
See Sogliano, A.,
1909. Dei lavori eseguiti in Pompei dal i Luglio 1908 a tutto Giugno 1909, p.
14-15, fig 1.
VII.12.18/20 Pompeii. c.1908-1909. Description by Sogliano.
See Sogliano, A.,
1909. Dei lavori eseguiti in Pompei dal i Luglio 1908 a tutto Giugno 1909,
p. 14.
VII.12.18/20 Pompeii.
c.1908-1909. Description by Sogliano.
See Sogliano, A.,
1909. Dei lavori eseguiti in Pompei dal i Luglio 1908 a tutto Giugno 1909, p. 15.
VII.12.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Corridor at top of staircase. Looking east, with doorways to rooms 1 and 2.
VII.12.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1.
VII.12.20 Pompeii. March 2009, Room 1, north wall with remains of painted plaster.
VII.12.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, painted bird on north wall.
VII.12.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 2.
VII.12.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2.
VII.12.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, with remains of painted plaster decoration.
VII.12.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway from room 2 onto outer corridor.
VII.12.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Outer corridor, looking east, towards window overlooking Vicolo del Balcone Pensile.
VII.12.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Wall of outer corridor, with painted plaster.
VII.12.20 Pompeii. March 2009.
Outer corridor, looking north with windows overlooking Vicolo del Lupanare.