Pompeii. City walls. North-west side of Pompeii from
Tower XII to Herculaneum Gate.
Walls on north side of Pompeii. May 2010.
Looking west towards Herculaneum Gate. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der
Graaff.
Walls on
north side of Pompeii. May 2010. Detail
of upper wall. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Walls on north side of Pompeii. May 2010.
Detail. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Walls on
north side of Pompeii. May 2010. Looking south. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der
Graaff.
Walls on north side of Pompeii. May 2010. Detail from upper wall. Photo
courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Walls on north side of Pompeii. June 2012. Looking
south towards west end of City Wall near Herculaneum Gate.
According to NdS –
The wall, with a remarkable height of fourteen rows, rests
on three foundations, and one impost. The latter are marked by the unfinished
surface of the blocks and by the presence of alphabetic marks.
See Notizie degli Scavi di
Antichità, 1944-45, (p.284-5).
Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Walls on north side of Pompeii. May
2010.
Looking
south at west end of city wall near Herculaneum Gate. Photo courtesy of Ivo van
der Graaff.
Walls on north side of Pompeii near Herculaneum Gate. 1944-5. Looking east.
According to NdS –
“Only in the last fifteen metres before the turn of the corner to the Gate, the cement curtain is abruptly interrupted to give way to the most beautiful and perfect curtain in square tuff that there is in the whole Pompeian fortification (fig.6).
See Notizie degli Scavi di
Antichità, 1944-45,
(fig.6, p.284-5).
(Solo negli
ultimi quindici metri prima del risvolto dell’angolo della porta, d’interrompe
bruscamente la cortina cementicia per dar lungo alla più bella e perfetta cortina
in opera quadrata in tufo che si abbia in tutta la fortificazione pompeiana
(fig.6).
Wall on north side of Pompeii near Herculaneum Gate. 1944-5.
According to NdS –
The wall, with a remarkable height of fourteen rows, rests on three foundations, and one impost. The latter are marked by the unfinished surface of the blocks and by the presence of alphabetic marks.
See Notizie
degli Scavi di Antichità, 1944-45, (fig.7, p. 286; p.284-5).
(Il muro,
della notevole altezza di quattordici filari, poggia su tre assise di
fondazione e una d’imposta, contrassegnate queste ultime dalla superficie non
rifinata dei blocchi e dalla presenza di contrassegni alfabetici (fig.7, p.286).
Walls on north side of Pompeii. May
2010.
Looking
east from near west end near Herculaneum Gate. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der
Graaff.
Walls on
north side of Pompeii. May 2010.
Looking
down from top of wall. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Walls on north side of Pompeii. June 2012. Detail from west end of City
Wall with mason’s marks and unfinished sides of foundations.
Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Walls at Pompeii Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate. May 2010. East side with Masons marks. Photo
courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Walls at Pompeii
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate. May 2010. Detail of mason’s marks. Photo
courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Walls on north side of Pompeii. June 2012. Detail from west end of City
Wall. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Walls on north side of Pompeii. June 2012. Detail from west end of City
Wall. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Walls at Pompeii
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate. May 2006. Looking south towards east side.
Walls at Pompeii
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate. May 2006. Looking south towards east side.
Walls at Pompeii
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate. May 2010. East side with indentations in
wall. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Walls on north side of Pompeii. May
2010.
Looking
west towards Via dei Sepolcri with Herculaneum Gate, on the south to the
left. Photo
courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate. May 2010.
Looking south from the Via dei Sepolcri. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. April 2019. Looking north on Via Consolare. Photo
courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VI.1.1 Pompeii, on right. May 2010.
Looking north through south end of east side of Herculaneum Gate. Photo
courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
VI.1.1 Pompeii. May 2010. Entrance doorway on south side of Herculaneum
Gate. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Pompeii city walls at Herculaneum gate. March 2009. The walls can be seen
through the entrance of VI.1.1.
See Notizie degli
Scavi di Antichità, 1943, (p.275-294),
for article entitled “Isolation of the wall between the Vesuvius Gate and Herculaneum Gate.”
(Isolamento della cinta murale fra Porta Vesuvio e Porta Ercolano).
Pompeii city walls at Herculaneum gate. The walls can be seen through the
entrance of VI.1.1.
Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf
Einhorn.
Looking
north-west along site of city wall, steps (in centre of photo), city wall, on
right. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Looking
west along City Walls towards north end of Herculaneum Gate, centre right. Photo
courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
VI.1.1 Pompeii. May 2010. Looking west
along steps. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
VI.1.1
Pompeii. May 2010. East end of steps up to the city wall. Photo courtesy of Ivo
van der Graaff.
VI.1.1
Pompeii. September 2005. The agger (ramparts) of the city walls.
VI.1.1
Pompeii. May 2010. West end of steps up to the city wall. Photo courtesy of Ivo
van der Graaff.
City Wall in north-west corner, next
to Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010.
North-west
corner behind steps in VI.1.1. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
City Wall in north-west corner, Pompeii. May 2010.
Looking north towards upper city wall,
continuation from above photo. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
City Wall in north-west corner, Pompeii. May 2010.
Looking north-east, continuation from
above photo. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
City Wall in north-west corner, Pompeii. May 2010.
Looking east along line of top of City
Wall, continuation from above photo. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
City Wall
in north-west corner, Pompeii. May 2010. Looking west. Photo courtesy of Ivo
van der Graaff.
City Wall in north-west corner, Pompeii. May 2010. Detail. Photo courtesy
of Ivo van der Graaff.
City Wall in north-west corner, Pompeii. May 2010.
View from top of wall, looking down
onto Via dei Sepolcri. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
City Wall
in north-west corner, Pompeii. May 2010.
Looking
west across Herculaneum Gate, from top of wall. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der
Graaff.
City Wall in north-west corner, Pompeii. May 2010.
Looking south-west from top of wall,
across Herculaneum Gate. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.