Gps Coordinates / 40.7531731,14.4939645
Pompei Roman Ruins VR Archeology Garden House Of Hercules
80045 Pompei, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy
It can be dated back to the 3rd century BC and owes its name to the marble statuette of Hercules found in a small aedicula in the eastern part of the garden.
Date of excavation: 1953-1954; 1971-1973; 1984
Gps Coordinates / 40.7533042,14.4936303
The locale house, therefore, was also used as a shop for the production and sale of perfumes.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 40.7532698 / Gps Link 40.753239 / Gps Link 40.7532161
Gps Coordinates / 40.7532698,14.4937158 / 40.753239,14.4938131 / 40.7532161,14.4938692
The House of the Garden of Hercules is built in the row house style, which was popular in the 3rd century BC. Many of the surrounding houses in Regio I and II, which occupy the southeastern corner of Pompei, are built in the same style.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 40.7531393 / Gps Link 40.7531433 / Gps Link 40.7530544
Gps Coordinates / 40.7531393,14.4940255 / 40.7531433,14.4940957 / 40.7530544,14.49438
The pollen analyses allowed this garden to be considered a place of cultivation of flowers (roses, violets, lilies).
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 40.7530287 / Gps Link 40.7529976 / Gps Link 40.752968
Gps Coordinates / 40.7530287,14.4942842 / 40.7529976,14.4941976 / 40.752968,14.4940647
Ancient literary sources explain how these flowers were used in ointments, which were stored and sold in small terracotta and glass containers, found here in large quantities.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 40.7529615 / Gps Link 40.7529554 / Gps Link 40.7529484
Gps Coordinates / 40.7529615,14.4939361 / 40.7529554,14.4937993 / 40.7529484,14.49368
As many as five similar ‘row house’ dwellings which once stood here.
Often referred to as ‘the house of the perfumer’
Gps Coordinates / 40.7529976,14.4941976
It falls under the terraced type of homes, atrium houses with no side chambers, which are typical in this area of the city. The entrance leads to the courtyard which gives access to the large garden at the end of the house, with irrigation canals.
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