Oplontis. Villa di Poppea or Villa of Poppea or Villa Poppaea or Oplontis Villa A.
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Rooms 20 to 23.
Room 20: Courtyard garden. (see also our photos in 1968 Jashemski visit to excavation)
Oplontis
Villa of Poppea, October 2020.
Room
4, looking north-west towards courtyard garden, room 20. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015.
Room 4,
looking north-west across courtyard garden, room 20, and through window into
large salon, room 21.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, April 2018. Room 4, looking towards north-west corner. Photo
courtesy of Ian Lycett-King.
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Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License v.4 International.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015.
Room 4,
looking north at east end towards small entrance into room 20, the courtyard
garden.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2011.
Room 20,
looking north-west across courtyard garden, looking through window into room
21. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, May 2010. Room 20, looking towards west wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, May 2011.
Room 20, detail of decorative water-spouts on the upper west wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Oplontis 1974.
Room 20, looking towards south-west corner and west wall of enclosed garden.
Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1974.
Room 20, looking towards central panel of west wall. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
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Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2011. Room 20, detail of upper west wall. Photo courtesy
of Michael Binns.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, May 2010. Room 20, detail from top of centre of west wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, May 2011. Room 20, west wall of small courtyard garden.
Looking towards north-west corner, and wall with window into room 21. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1977.
Room 20, looking towards west wall and north-west corner, and two white painted root cavities. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1974. Room 20, looking towards north-west corner. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, May 2010.
Room 20, looking towards the north-west corner, and north wall with window into room 21, the grand oecus, looking through to the north garden.
Photo taken from area 4. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1974.
Room 20, Looking towards north-west corner, and north wall with window into room 21, the grand oecus. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1968.
Room 20, looking north along west wall. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, May 2011. Room 20, east wall of small courtyard garden. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, May 2010. Room 20, detail from top of centre of east wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1977.
Room 20, east wall. Looking towards east wall, and north-east corner, from room 4. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1974. Room 20, east wall of enclosed garden. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1968. Room 20, east wall of enclosed garden. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1975.
Area 20, the enclosed garden, looking towards the north-east corner. The white painted circles are the locations of the root cavities.
According to Wilhelmina, In the north-west, north-east and south-west corners a root cavity was found.
There was not one found in the south-east corner as this would have blocked the entrance to the garden.
Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1975.
Room 20, cleaning the area of the enclosed garden, searching for signs of root cavities. Looking towards the east wall. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1975.
Area 20, removing the earth ready for excavating the soil. Looking towards the south-east corner. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
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Room 21: Large sitting room overlooking the north
garden.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, May 2011.
Looking south along central pathway in the north garden, towards room 21, and through to the atrium, room 5.
Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, May 2011.
Looking south along central pathway in the north garden, towards room 21, and across room 4 through to the atrium, room 5.
Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, May 2010. Looking south from north garden into large room 21. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, May 2010.
Looking south-west towards the large entrance to room 21, from the north garden. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 21, looking south-west.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 21, looking west across mosaic threshold from
doorway in east wall.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, April 2018. Room 21, looking towards south wall. Photo courtesy of
Ian Lycett-King.
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Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License v.4 International.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015.
Room 21,
looking towards south-west corner and window in south wall to Courtyard Garden
20.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, October 2020. Room 21, looking towards south-west corner and west
wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 21, looking towards west wall.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 21, looking west across north side of room.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 21, looking south-west.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 21, looking south across mosaic threshold on
east (left) side.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2011.
Room 21,
threshold from east side between pilaster and column of large room. Photo
courtesy of Michael Binns.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, May 2011.
Room 21,
detail of mosaic threshold from east side between pilaster and column of large
room. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 21, looking south towards central mosaic threshold.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 21, looking south.
As the walls
were found with no decoration, it is thought that there had not been time to
start to decorate them before the eruption.
The
remodelling of the Villa was also the probable reason why the columns from the
swimming pool portico had been moved from their original place and were
discovered situated along the walls of this room.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2011.
Room 21,
threshold between two columns, from centre of north side of large room. Photo
courtesy of Michael Binns.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, May 2011.
Room 21, mosaic border on the edge of the threshold separating floor of grand salon from the north garden.
Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2001.
Room 21, looking south-east from north garden. Photo courtesy of Peter Woods.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, May 2011.
Room 21, mosaic threshold separating floor of grand salon from the north garden. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 21, looking south towards mosaic threshold on
west (right) side.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 21, looking south-east across room.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 21, looking towards east wall.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2020.
Looking east towards columns of room
21, and across garden area. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 21, looking north-east through columns across
garden area.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 21, threshold from doorway in west wall.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 21, looking east across floor.
Room 22: Storeroom for amphorae.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 22, looking south through doorway in room 27.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, April 2018. Room 22, looking south. Photo courtesy of Ian
Lycett-King.
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Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License v.4 International.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 22, looking south.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 22, looking south-west from doorway.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, May 2011. Room 22, amphorae. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, May 2010. Room 22, amphorae. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, May 2010. Room 22, amphorae. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Room 23: Room on right of atrium.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2015.
Corridor on east side of south side of atrium, north wall with painted decoration. Room 5, the atrium, can be seen on the left.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2015.
Corridor on east side of south side of atrium, north wall with remains of painted decoration.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2015.
Corridor on east side of atrium, north wall with painted decoration.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2011. Corridor on east side of atrium, north wall. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, May 2011. Detail from north wall of corridor on east side of atrium. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2015. Corridor on east side of atrium, north wall.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2015. Corridor on east side of south side of atrium, north wall with doorway to room 23.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2015.
Corridor on east side of atrium, north wall with doorway to room 23.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015.
Room 23, upper
east wall with remains of painted decoration, taken from doorway in south
corridor.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015.
Room 23,
looking north to north-east corner, from small doorway in south corridor.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 23, north wall from small doorway in south
corridor.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 23, west wall from small doorway in south
corridor.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 23, south wall with small doorway to corridor.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2011. Doorway to room 23, at west end of portico 24. Photo
courtesy of Michael Binns.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2011.
Room 23,
detail of painted decoration above doorway in portico 24. Photo courtesy of
Michael Binns.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, May 2011.
Room 23, detail of painted decoration above doorway in portico 24. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2011.
Room 23,
looking towards west wall from large doorway onto portico 24. Photo courtesy of
Michael Binns.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, May 2010.
Room 23,
looking towards west wall from large doorway onto portico 24. Photo courtesy of
Buzz Ferebee.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, May 2011.
Room 23, south
wall with doorway to corridor leading to atrium. Photo courtesy of Michael
Binns.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1974.
Room 23, painted south side wall. At the top of the walls are the painted glass bowls, still being reconstructed.
Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1975. Room 23, bowl of fruit from east end of south wall. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1975.
Room 23, detail of bowl of fruit from east end of south wall. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1972 (or 1973).
Room 23, still-life in the process of being reconstructed, from south wall. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1972 (or 1973).
Room 23, part of glass fruit-dish filled with pomegranates from south wall, during restoration. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2021.
Room 23, looking towards west wall, and north-west corner. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, April 2018. Room 23, looking towards west wall. Photo courtesy of
Ian Lycett-King.
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Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License v.4 International.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, May 2011. Room 23, west wall. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, October 2001. Room 23, looking towards west
wall. Photo courtesy of Peter Woods.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2021. Room 23, detail from upper west wall at south end. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2021. Room 23, detail from upper west wall at north end. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2021. Room 23, detail from centre of upper west wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2021. Room 23, mask in centre of west wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, May 2010. Room 23, painted mask in centre of west wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2021.
Room 23, detail from mask in centre of west wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1974. Room 23, west wall with painted tragic mask, in the centre. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1974. Room 23, west wall. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
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Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, May 2011. Room 23, north wall. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, May 2010. Room 23, north wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1974. Room 23, painted north wall. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1974.
Room 23, at the top of the wall is a still-life of a glass bowl of pomegranates, and below it is a painted basket of fruit covered with a transparent veil.
Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1972 (or 1973).
Room 23, still-life during restoration, from centre of north wall. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, May 2010.
Room 23, painted wall with still-life of glass bowl with pomegranates, from north wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1968.
Room 23, painted wall with still-life of glass bowl with pomegranates, from north wall. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1968. Room 23, detail of glass bowl with pomegranates, from north wall. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1974.
Room 23, detail from south wall showing a painted table with a column-like foot, a bunch of grapes and a bird. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1972 (or 1973). Room 23, south wall with still-lifes. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1972 (or 1973).
Room 23 painted table with column-like foot. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1975. Room 23, a still-life of a bunch of grapes from the south wall. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1972 (or 1973). Room 23, painted still-life of a bunch of grapes. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1972 (or 1973).
Room 23, painted wicker basket filled with fruits, and covered with a transparent cover. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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