VII.3.15 Pompeii. Shop. Bottega del Cavalieri. Other entrance of VII .3.14.
Linked to VII .3.11, VII .3.12, VII .3.13,
and VII .3.17.
Excavated 1837, 1843, 1849 and 1867. (Strada Stabiana 1).
The tavern (VII, 3, 14-15) was one of the stops of the visit of Pope Pius
IX on October 22, 1849, and from where was found, together with a lot of bronze
materials and marble fragments, the bas-relief of the galloping cavalier (Museo
Profano, Bib. Apostolica Vaticana, inv. 4092), of which there has been much debate
about its true Pompeian origin, in a controversy that does not even seem
settled after the study made by Conticello (AA.VV., 1987: 31-38, tav. 2) for the catalog of the exhibition twenty years ago
dedicated to this visit.
See Uroz Sáez J., Uroz Rodríguez H.,
2008. Pompeya: Regio VII, Insula 3. Instituto
del Patrimonio Cultural de España, p. 60.
VII.3.15 Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance, looking west on Via Stabiana.
