Three Pompeii Buildings

By: John

Matson

House of Sallust

• Here is one of the oldest buildings in Pompeii.

House of Sallust

• Floorplan.

House of Sallust

• Left, house of Sallust before it was restored. Right, house of Sallust after it was restored.

House of Sallust

• Shop with pots built into the stone. Some of the pots had holes below where they could put fires to keep food warm.

House of Sallust

• Here are some pictures of the outside of the Sallust house.

House of Sallust

• Design on the floor of the entryway between two shops.

House of Sallust

• Two pictures of the atrium and impluvium, and what looks like another small impluvium.

House of Sallust

• A better picture of the atrium and impluvium

House of Sallust

• Wall pictures.

House of Sallust

• Two outside and garden pictures.

House of Sallust

• Two more outdoor pics.

Insula Di Diana

• I could not find much information on this building but it is a multiple housing unit or a type of apartment building.

Isula Di Diana

• Full view of Insula Di Diana

Insula Di Diana

• Pictures of the courtyard.

Insula Di Diana

• Indoor hallways.

Insula Di Diana

• Second story room division.

Bakery in Pompeii

• Because there are about thirty bakeries in Pompeii I could only find pictures of different bakeries but since many bakeries in Pompeii are alike, I put all the pictures just as “Bakery in Pompeii” . Here they are.

Bakery in Pompeii

• In these pictures the thing under the arch is the oven and in all the pictures the round objects in the middle are machines used to grind wheat into flour.

Bakery in Pompeii

• Inside a bakery.