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The discovery of 4-5 houses with balconies intact on the V.3 side of the vicolo has given it the name Vicolo dei Balconi.
We have reconstructed this page from photos, press material and photos produced by the Parco Archeologico di Pompei.
Our grateful thanks to the Parco Archeologico di Pompei for giving us permission to use their press releases and photos.
We have numbered the doorways B1 to B10 for clarity and to avoid confusion with existing doorways on other sides of the insula.
La
scoperta di 4-5 case con balconi intatti sul lato V.3 del vicolo le ha dato il
nome di Vicolo dei Balconi.
Abbiamo
ricostruito questa pagina da materiale stampa e foto prodotte dal Parco
Archeologico di Pompei.
Ringraziamo
il Parco Archeologico di Pompei per averci dato il permesso di utilizzare i
loro comunicati stampa e le loro foto.
Abbiamo
numerato le porte da B1 a B10 per chiarezza e per evitare confusione con le
porte esistenti su altri lati dell'isola.
(As far as we can tell there are 10 doorway entrances on the east side of the roadway.)
V.3 Pompeii, on left, V.2 Pompeii, on right. August 2021.
Looking south at crossroads between Vicolo delle Nozze d’Argento, left to right, and Vicolo dei Balconi, centre right.
Foto Annette
Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Pilaster with two terracotta phalli between both doorways to thermopolium at crossroads.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
V.3 Pompeii. August 2021. Thermopolium with
painting of nereid.
Looking east to painted graffiti on north side of entrance doorway in Vicolo dei Balconi.
Foto Annette
Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
V.3 Pompeii. August 2021.
South side of entrance doorway B1 on Vicolo dei Balconi with painted graffiti.
Foto Annette
Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Vicolo
dei Balconi, Pompeii. October 2022.
Looking north to Thermopolium of Nereid (doorway B1) with reconstructed balcony at junction with Vicolo delle Nozze d’Argento.
In the centre is another house entrance, we number as B2, with a blocked entrance. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Vicolo dei Balconi, Pompeii. October 2022.
Looking north along east side of roadway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
The house entrances (now blocked) we number as B5, B4 and B3. The balcony of B1 is at the junction but B2 is not visible in this photo.
Vicolo
dei Balconi, Pompeii. September 2021.
Looking south from entrance doorways B3 and B4
on left, between V.3, on left and V.2, on right.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Vicolo
dei Balconi, Pompeii. October 2022.
Entrance doorway to house, we number as B4. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Vicolo
dei Balconi, Pompeii. October 2022.
Entrance doorway to house, we number as B5. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Vicolo
dei Balconi, Pompeii. October 2022.
Looking north along roadway between V.2, on left, and V.3, from B5 to B1 on right.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Vicolo
dei Balconi, Pompeii. October 2022.
Looking towards entrance doorway, we number as B6. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Vicolo
dei Balconi, Pompeii. October 2022.
Painted inscription on east side of roadway, between entrance doorways B6 and B7, opposite the Casa di Orione in V.2.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Vicolo
dei Balconi, Pompeii. September 2021.
East side with part of red-painted
inscription …M CAPRASIVM FELICEM II VIR I D OVF. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Vicolo
dei Balconi, Pompeii. September
2021.
Inscription painted in red, found on east
side of roadway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Vicolo
dei Balconi, Pompeii. October 2022.
Blocked entrance to house, we shall number as B7. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Vicolo
dei Balconi, Pompeii. October 2022.
Looking east to entrance doorway B8. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Vicolo
dei Balconi, Pompeii. October 2022.
Looking south-east towards entrance doorway B8, with doorway B9, on right.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Vicolo
dei Balconi, Pompeii. October 2022.
Looking north between Casa del Orione, on left, and doorway B9 into room 15 in Casa del Giardino, on right.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Vicolo dei Balconi, Pompeii. October 2021. Looking south on Vicolo dei Balconi towards entrance doorways into Casa del Giardino.
In the centre is the doorway, we shall call B9, and on the right is the main entrance doorway, we shall call B10.
Photo courtesy of Johannes
Eber.
Vicolo dei Balconi, east side, Pompeii. October 2022.
Looking towards doorway B9 into room 15, and entrance doorway B10 and corridor/fauces, on right. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Vicolo dei Balconi, east side, Pompeii. October 2022.
Doorway into room 15 of Casa del Giardino (doorway we shall call B9. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Vicolo dei Balconi, Pompeii. October 2022.
Looking east through doorway towards decorated east wall of room 15. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Vicolo dei Balconi, east side, Pompeii. October 2022.
Doorway into Casa del Giardino, doorway we shall call B10. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Vicolo dei Balconi, Pompeii. September 2021. Looking south.
V.3, doorway to Casa del Giardino, on left.
For the purpose of this roadway, we shall call
this entrance doorway B10. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Vicolo dei Balconi,
(previously known as an unnamed vicolo) between V.2 and V.3. March
2019.
Looking north from Via di Nola towards houses on east side of vicolo (the west side of V.3).
The doorway entrance to Casa del Giardino is shown on the right.
For
the purpose of this roadway, we shall call this entrance doorway B10.
Foto
Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Vicolo dei
Balconi, Pompeii. October 2022.
Looking south from Casa del Giardino, on left, and V.2.21, on right. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Vicolo dei
Balconi, Pompeii. October 2022.
Looking south from Casa del Giardino, along
east side of roadway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Vicolo dei Balconi, (previously known as an unnamed vicolo) between V.2 and V.3. June 2019.
Looking
north from Via di Nola towards houses on east side of vicolo (the west side of
V.3). Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Vicolo dei Balconi, (precedentemente
noto come un vicolo senza nome) tra V.2 e V.3. giugno 2019.
Guardando a nord da Via di Nola verso
case sul lato est del vicolo (il lato ovest del V.3).
Vicolo dei Balconi, (previously known as an unnamed vicolo) between V.2 and V.3. June 2019.
Looking north from Via di Nola, detail of vicolo. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Vicolo dei Balconi, (precedentemente
noto come un vicolo senza nome) tra V.2 e V.3. giugno 2019.
Guardando a nord da Via di Nola,
dettaglio di vicolo.
Vicolo dei Balconi, (previously known as an unnamed vicolo) between V.2 and V.3. September 2021.
Looking north from Via di Nola, with
V.2.20/21 on left, and side wall of V.3.1/2, on right. Photo courtesy of Klaus
Heese.
Vicolo dei Balconi, (previously known as an unnamed vicolo) between V.2 and V.3. June 2019.
Looking
north from Via di Nola, with V.2.20/21 on left, and side wall of V.3.1/2, on
right. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Vicolo dei Balconi, (precedentemente
noto come un vicolo senza nome) tra V.2 e V.3. giugno 2019.
Guardando a nord da Via di Nola, con
V.2.20/21 a sinistra, e parete laterale di V.3.1/2, a destra.
Vicolo dei Balconi, south end under excavation, June 2018. Looking north from Via di Nola.
Vicolo dei Balconi, estremità sud sotto
scavo, giugno 2018. Guardando a nord da Via di Nola.
Vicolo dei Balconi, Pompeii. April 2022.
Looking
north from Via di Nola with V.2 on left, and V.3 on right. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Vicolo dei Balconi, (previously known as an unnamed vicolo) between V.2 and V.3. September 2021.
Looking north from Via di Nola, with
V.2.20/21 on left, and side wall of V.3.1/2, on right. Photo courtesy of Klaus
Heese.
Vicolo dei Balconi,
(previously known as an unnamed vicolo) between V.2 and V.3. March
2019. Looking north from Via di Nola.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Vicolo dei Balconi, south end, June 2018. Looking south to Via di Nola. V.3 is on the left and V.2 on the right.
Vicolo dei Balconi, all'estremità sud,
giugno 2018. Guardando a sud per Via di Nola. V.3 è a sinistra e V.2 a destra.
Photograph © Parco Archeologico di Pompei.
Vicolo
dei Balconi, (previously known as an unnamed vicolo) between V.2 and V.3. March
2009. Looking north from Via di Nola.
Vicolo dei Balconi, (precedentemente noto
come un vicolo senza nome) tra V.2 e V.3. marzo 2009. Guardando a nord da Via
di Nola.
Vicolo del Centenario. May 2005.
Looking north towards Via di Nola and the Vicolo dei Balconi, (previously an unnamed vicolo) on the opposite side of the Via di Nola.
Vicolo del Centenario. maggio 2005.
Guardando a nord verso Via di Nola e il
Vicolo dei Balconi, (precedentemente un vicolo senza nome) sul lato opposto
della Via di Nola.
Looking east to the junction with Vicolo dei Balconi, (previously known as an unnamed vicolo) on north side of Via di Nola.
May 2010. Taken from near IX.5.12.
Guardando ad est fino all'incrocio con
Vicolo dei Balconi, (precedentemente noto come un vicolo senza nome) sul lato
nord di Via di Nola.
maggio 2010. Preso da vicino IX.5.12.
(As far as we can tell there are 5 doorway entrances on the west side of the roadway.)
Vicolo dei Balconi, north end on the left, is going south alongside the green area of the garden of V.2.i.
In the foreground is the newly excavated Vicolo delle Nozze d’Argento and in front is V.7 under excavation.
Vicolo
dei Balconi, all'estremità nord sulla sinistra, sta andando a sud lungo l'area
verde del giardino di V.2.i.
In
primo piano c'è il Vicolo delle Nozze d’Argento appena scavato e di fronte c'è
V.7 in scavo.
Photograph
© Parco Archeologico di Pompei.
Vicolo dei Balconi, Pompeii. September 2021.
Looking
south between V.3, on left and V.2 doorway to stable of Casa di Orione, on
right.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Vicolo dei Balconi, Pompeii. October 2022.
Looking north along west side of roadway towards stable doorway with ramp in roadway.
On the right is the garden wall of V.2.i. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Vicolo dei Balconi, Pompeii. October 2022.
Looking
west to entrance doorway into stable, room A16, of Casa di Orione. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Vicolo dei Balconi, Pompeii. October 2022.
Looking west to entrance doorway into room A14 on north side of atrium of Casa di Orione.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Vicolo dei Balconi, Pompeii. October 2022.
Looking north-west through entrance doorway into room A14 of the Casa di Orione. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Vicolo dei Balconi, west side, Pompeii. April 2022.
Looking south towards
entrance doorway into Casa di Orione,
in centre. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Vicolo dei Balconi, west side, Pompeii. April 2022.
Looking north towards
entrance doorway into Casa di Orione,
in centre. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Vicolo dei Balconi, between V.2 and V.3, Pompeii. October 2022.
Looking north from Casa di Orione, on left, and Casa del Giardino, on extreme right.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Vicolo dei Balconi, between V.2 and V.3, Pompeii. October 2022.
Looking south from Casa del Giardino, on left, and V.2.21, on right. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Vicolo
dei Balconi, Pompeii. September 2021.
Looking south between V.3, on left and V.2, on
right. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
The sunlight on the right may be shining
through the entrance doorway of V.2.21.
Vicolo
dei Balconi, Pompeii. October 2022.
Looking south along west wall of roadway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.2.21 Pompeii. October 2022.
Looking west through entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.2.20 Pompeii. October 2022.
Looking west towards entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Vicolo dei
Balconi, Pompeii. October 2023.
Looking north from junction with Via di Nola. V.2.20 Pompeii is centre left, lit by sunlight. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Vicolo dei
Balconi, Pompeii. April 2022.
Looking north from Via di Nola with V.2 on left, and V.3 on
right. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe
Ciaramella.