VIII.7.21 Pompeii. Teatro Grande or Large Theatre.

Entrances to upper levels including unnumbered entrances from the Triangular Forum.

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In the area of the theatre and the porticus sixty-three bodies were found.

See Eschebach, L., 1993. Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan der antiken Stadt Pompeji. Köln: Böhlau. (p.391).

VIII.7.21 Pompeii. July 2010.

Arched corridor, curving under the theatre, to the right as you enter from the Triangular Forum. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.7.21 Pompeii. September 2005.

Looking north-east along the side of the perfumed water tank at the rear of the Large Theatre.

VIII.7.21 Pompeii.

From an album of Michele Amodio dated 1874, entitled “Pompei, destroyed on 23 November 79, discovered in 1745”.

Looking north along east side of Triangular Forum towards city, taken from the Large Theatre. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.7.20/21 Pompeii. Pre-1873 photo by Amodio, no.2981. Looking north from Large Theatre. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.7.20/21 Pompeii. Looking north, across perfumed water tank at the rear of the Large Theatre, towards VIII.7.29, Samnite Palaestra.

Photograph No. 1285, by Giorgio Sommer, (1834-1914).  Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

VIII.7.21 Pompeii. About 1870. Perfumed water tank at rear of Large Theatre. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.7.21 Pompeii. March 2009. The rear of the perfumed water tank. Looking south to the entrance to the Large Theatre.

VIII.7.21 Pompeii. March 2009. Pipe work at rear of perfumed water tank.

VIII.7.21 Pompeii. July 2010. Looking west to rear of perfumed water tank. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.7.21 Pompeii, right of centre. C. 1819, sketch by W. Gell, looking south-west across Reg. VIII, insula 7.

See Gell W & Gandy, J.P: Pompeii published 1819 [Dessins publiés dans l'ouvrage de Sir William Gell et John P. Gandy, Pompeiana: the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompei, 1817-1819], pl. 39 verso and 40.

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VIII.7.21 Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance from Triangular Forum.

VIII.7.21 Pompeii. December 2005. Looking in through entrance from Triangular Forum.

VIII.7.21 Pompeii. September 2011. Large Theatre, looking east.

The Tribunal would have been above the arched entrances. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

VIII.7.21 Pompeii. 1968. Looking east across Large Theatre. 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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VIII.7.21 Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance from Triangular Forum.

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