Gps Coordinates / 40.7514256,14.4845998
Pompei Roman Ruins VR Archeology House Of The Faun
QF2M+HRH Pompei, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy
This mosaic may be inspired by or copied from a Greek painting finished in the late fourth century BC, probably by the artist Philoxenus of Eretria.
The House of the Faun was the largest and most expensive residence found in Pompeii, and today it is one of the most visited of the ruins.
Gps Coordinates / 40.7509812,14.4846131
Unlike most Pompeian pavements of the late second and early first centuries, this mosaic is made of tesserae, and not the more common opus signinum, or other kinds of stone chips set in mortar.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 40.751351 / Gps Link 40.7517815 / Gps Link 40.751755
Gps Coordinates / 40.751351,14.4844823 / 40.7517815,14.4844028 / 40.751755,14.484395
The Alexander Mosaic is complemented by other floor mosaics with Nilotic scenes and theatrical masks.
Fauns are spirits of untamed woodland; they are typically depicted as half human and half goat.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 40.7516667 / Gps Link 40.7514032 / Gps Link 40.7515497
Gps Coordinates / 40.7516667,14.4841667 / 40.7514032,14.4844673 / 40.7515497,14.4844714
Other notable works of art from the House of Faun include an erotic Satyr and Nymph and the fish mosaic, a piece closely resembling other mosaics in Pompeii.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 40.7515204 / Gps Link 40.7514748 / Gps Link 40.7513869
Gps Coordinates / 40.7515204,14.4846423 / 40.7514748,14.4845026 / 40.7513869,14.4845342
Archaeological superintendents Pietro Giovanni Guzzo explained, “I want visitors to have the impression that they are entering the same luxurious house in which the ancient Pompeian owners lived before it was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.”
The house occupies an entire city block or insula, and the interior covers about 32,300 square feet
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 40.7513699 / Gps Link 40.7513673 / Gps Link 40.7512288
Gps Coordinates / 40.7513699,14.4845476 / 40.7513673,14.4846092 / 40.7512288,14.4845282
It also has two atriums, the Tuscan and the peristyle atrium.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 40.75123 / Gps Link 40.751201 / Gps Link 40.751201
Gps Coordinates / 40.75123,14.4845383 / 40.751201,14.4845911 / 40.751201,14.4845911
The entryway of the House of the Faun is decorated by red and white stone that read out the Latin message “HAVE”, which can be translated to “Hail to you!”.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 40.75115 / Gps Link 40.7510822 / Gps Link 40.7510926
Gps Coordinates / 40.75115,14.484595 / 40.7510822,14.4846138 / 40.7510926,14.4846464
It also has two atriums, the Tuscan and the peristyle atrium.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 40.751076 / Gps Link 40.7510822 / Gps Link 40.7508969
Gps Coordinates / 40.751076,14.4846757 / 40.7510822,14.4846106 / 40.7508969,14.4846313
The house features beautiful peristyle gardens, the second of which was created as a stage to host recitations, mimes, and pantomimes.
The house is based upon two magnificent colonnaded gardens or peristyles, one Ionic and the other Doric.
Gps Coordinates / 40.751351,14.4844823
The entryway of the House of the Faun is decorated by red and white stone that read out the Latin message “HAVE”, which can be translated to “Hail to you!”.
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