II.7.8 Pompeii. Palaestra or Palestra.

Excavated 1814 to 1816, 1933 and 1935 to 1939.

(Originally when excavated, this was numbered as Reg. II, Insula 10).

II.7.8 Pompeii. Palaestra. December 2018.

Looking east along north side, with entrance doorway II.7.8, on right. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

II.7.8 Pompeii, on left. Palaestra. October 2023.

Looking south along west wall from doorway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

II.7.8 Pompeii on left. Palaestra. July 2021.

Looking south along roadway on west side leading towards II.7.9.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.7.8 Pompeii. Palaestra. December 2006. Wall on left between II.7.8 and II.7.9, looking south.

II.7.8 Pompeii. September 2018. Looking north along west side wall of Palaestra, on right. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand

II.7.8 Pompeii. March 2024. Advertisement for exhibition entitled -

“L’altra Pompei, vite comuni all’ombra del Vesuvio” (“The other Pompeii, common lives in the shadow of Vesuvius.”)

From 15th December 2023 until 15th December 2024. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

II.7.8 Pompeii. October 2023.

Looking towards entrance doorway on east side. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

II.7.8 Pompeii. Palaestra. July 2021. Looking towards entrance doorway.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.7.8 Pompeii. Palaestra. December 2006. Entrance.

II.7.8 Pompeii. Palaestra. September 2015. Entrance doorway.

II.7.8 Pompeii. Palaestra. August 2021.

Looking north along west portico, towards entrance in corner, on left. Photo courtesy of Robert Hanson.

II.7.8 Pompeii. Palaestra. August 2021.

Looking towards north portico, on right, from west portico, on left. Photo courtesy of Robert Hanson.

II.7.8 Pompeii. Palaestra. July 2021. Looking north-east from west side at north end of west portico.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.7.8 Pompeii. Palaestra. March 2024. Looking east along north portico from west portico. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

II.7.8 Pompeii. Palaestra. October 2022. Looking east along north portico. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese

II.7.8 Pompeii. Palaestra. August 2023. Looking east from west portico. Photo courtesy of Maribel Velasco.

II.7.8 Pompeii. Palaestra. October 2022. Looking east along north portico. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese

II.7.8 Pompeii. March 2024.

Looking east along north portico, with advertisement for exhibition, signed to the right. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

II.7.8 Pompeii. Palaestra. August 2021. Looking east along north portico. Photo courtesy of Robert Hanson.

II.7.8 Pompeii. Palaestra. July 2021. Looking east along north portico.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.7.8 Pompeii. Palaestra. July 2021. Looking towards north wall at the west end.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.7.8 Pompeii. Palaestra. July 2021. North wall with outline of painted decoration.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.7.5 Pompeii. Palaestra. Design of the reconstructed pictorial decoration.

See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1939, (p.185)

II.7.8 Pompeii. Palaestra. December 2006. Looking east along north portico towards north-east corner.

According to Maiuri –

“The only wall of the portico that, at the moment of the eruption, preserved its pictorial decoration, was the wall of the north portico, the one which, however, was found completely fallen, other than the last short stretch of just over 14 metres at the far north-east corner.

On the other two long walls of the west and south porticos, and the wall on the east side, nothing was seen other than a minimum trace of decoration.”

See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1939, (p.184).

II.7.8 Pompeii. Palaestra. August 2023. Looking east along north portico. Photo courtesy of Maribel Velasco.

II.7.8 Pompeii. Palaestra. July 2021.

Remaining painted plaster on north wall of portico.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.7.8 Pompeii. Palaestra. July 2021.

Steps in north-west corner, looking towards entrance doorway.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.7.8 Pompeii. Palaestra. July 2021.

Steps in north-west corner, looking towards west portico.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.7.8 Pompeii. Palaestra. July 2021. Looking south along west portico.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.7.8 Pompeii. Palaestra. May 2005. Looking south along west portico. Guardando a sud lungo il portico ovest.

Secondo NdS 1939; Portico occidentale. N. 86-89. - Un solo gruppo di 4 scheletri si rinvenne lungo il portico occidentale senza alcun oggetto di corredo.

According to NdS 1939; Western portico. No 86-89. - A single group of 4 skeletons found along the western portico without any possessions.

Vedi/See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1939, p. 226.

II.7.8 Pompeii. Palaestra. December 2006. Looking across to the east side and Amphitheatre.

II.7.8 Pompeii. Palaestra. May 2005. Looking across to the east side and Amphitheatre.

II.7.8 Pompeii. Palaestra. October 2022. Looking south-east from north-west corner. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

II.7.8 Pompeii. Palaestra. March 2024. Looking east from west portico. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

II.7.8 Pompeii. Palaestra. August 2023. Looking south-east towards pool from west portico. Photo courtesy of Maribel Velasco.

II.7 Pompeii. June 2019. Looking across pool to west portico and north-west corner of Palestra. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.7.8 Pompeii, 1973.

Looking towards north-west corner. 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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II.7.8 Pompeii. 1972. Looking across the pool towards the north-west corner. 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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II.7.8 Pompeii. 1972. Looking across the pool towards the north-west corner and north side. 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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II.7.8 Pompeii. 1970. Looking towards the north-west corner.  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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II.7.8 Pompeii. Palaestra. Corner column, capital and roof.

Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.