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Pompeii: House of the Rooster atrium (VIII 5, 2)



Pompeii: House of the Rooster atrium (photo: Athena Review)


The House of the Rooster (Casa del Gallo I) is located at 12 via dell' Abbondanza. (VIII 5, 2). This view looks south across one of two atriums, showing a marble impluvium pool, toward the 3rd style fresco painting on the exedra wall in the peristyle.

The house was excavated in 1840, 1881, and 1943.



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