Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Pompei, Italy

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 4.1 km
Ascend 67 m
Descend 62 m

Explore Pompei in Italy with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Pompei

Sight 1: Regio I

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The following are the monuments in Regio I of the archaeological excavations of Pompeii.

Wikipedia: Regio I degli scavi archeologici di Pompei (IT)

334 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: Samnite Gymnasium

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Samnite Gymnasium

The Samnite Gym is a Roman gymnasium, buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 and rediscovered following the archaeological excavations of ancient Pompeii: its function was to host gymnastic competitions or military and political meetings.

Wikipedia: Palestra Sannitica (IT)

190 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: Lupanar (brothel)

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Lupanar (brothel)General Cucombre from New York, USA / CC BY 2.0

The Lupanar is the ruined building of an ancient Roman brothel in the city of Pompeii. It is of particular interest for the erotic paintings on its walls, and is also known as the Lupanare Grande or the "Purpose-Built Brothel" in the Roman colony. Pompeii was closely associated with Venus, the ancient Roman goddess of love, sex, and fertility, and therefore a mythological figure closely tied to prostitution.

Wikipedia: Lupanar (EN)

220 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Edificio di Eumachia

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The Edifice of Eumachia was a public building from the Roman era, buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 and found following the archaeological excavations of ancient Pompeii: the building was used as a wool market or as the headquarters of the guild of fullones.

Wikipedia: Edificio di Eumachia (IT), Website

161 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Foro di Pompei

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The Forum of Pompeii is a Roman forum, buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 and found as a result of the archaeological excavations of ancient Pompeii. The structure was the main square of the city and represented the political, economic and religious center in which demonstrations, commercial negotiations and debates took place; It is, of its kind, one of the best preserved of the ancient Italic cities.

Wikipedia: Foro di Pompei (IT), Website

287 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Macellum

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The Macellum of Pompeii was located on the Forum and as the provision market of Pompeii was one of the focal points of the ancient city. The building was constructed in several phases. When the earthquake of 62 AD destroyed large parts of Pompeii, the Macellum was also damaged. Archeological excavations in the modern era have revealed a building that had still not been fully repaired by the time of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

Wikipedia: Macellum of Pompeii (EN)

214 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Domus Lucreti

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Marco Lucrezio's house is a Roman house, buried during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 and found following the archaeological excavations of ancient Pompeii: also called the home of the Sounding tricks, owes its name to that of the alleged owner, namely Marco Lucrezio.

Wikipedia: Casa di Marco Lucrezio (IT)

121 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Regio IX

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The following are the monuments in Regio IX of the archaeological excavations of Pompeii.

Wikipedia: Regio IX degli scavi archeologici di Pompei (IT)

203 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Casa dei Gladiatori (V.5.3)

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The House of Gladiators or Gladiators barracks is located in Pompeii.

Wikipedia: Casa dei Gladiatori (IT)

229 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: Casa di Cecilio Giocondo

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Lucio Cecilio Giocondo's house is a Roman house, buried during the eruption of Vesuvius of 79 and found following the archaeological excavations of ancient Pompeii.

Wikipedia: Casa di Lucio Cecilio Giocondo (IT), Website

111 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Casa VI 14, 28.33 Sog. Casa di Laocoonte

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The house of Laocoön is a house from the Roman era, buried during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 and found following the archaeological excavations of ancient Pompeii: it owes its name to a cycle of paintings found in the atrium.

Wikipedia: Casa di Laocoonte (IT)

82 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 12: House of the Ara Maxima

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The house of the Ara Massima is a house from the Roman era, buried during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 and found as a result of the archaeological excavations of ancient Pompeii: it is also called the house of Narcissus or the house of Pinario.

Wikipedia: Casa dell'Ara Massima (IT), Website

78 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 13: Castellum aquae

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The Castellum Aquae is a Roman building, buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 and found following the archaeological excavations of ancient Pompeii: its function was to collect drinking water and distribute it to the city's water network.

Wikipedia: Castellum Aquae (IT)

274 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 14: House of the Faun

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The House of the Faun, constructed in the 2nd century BC during the Samnite period, was a grand Hellenistic palace that was framed by peristyle in Pompeii, Italy. The historical significance in this impressive estate is found in the many great pieces of art that were well preserved from the ash of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. It is one of the most luxurious aristocratic houses from the Roman Republic, and reflects this period better than most archaeological evidence found even in Rome itself.

Wikipedia: House of the Faun (EN)

74 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 15: House of the Labyrinth

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House of the Labyrinth WolfgangRieger / CC BY 3.0

The House of the Labyrinth is a domus in Pompeii, largely dating from the Republican period.

Wikipedia: Casa del Labirinto (IT)

89 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 16: Casa dei Dioscuri

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Casa dei Dioscuri

The house of the Dioscuri is a house from the Roman era, buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 and found as a result of the archaeological excavations of ancient Pompeii: it is one of the largest and best decorated houses in the city and owes its name to a painting located at the entrance, depicting the Dioscuri Castor and Pollux, now preserved at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.

Wikipedia: Casa dei Dioscuri (IT), Website

161 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 17: Casa di Sallustio

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The House of Sallust was an elite residence (domus) in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii and among the most sumptuous of the city.

Wikipedia: House of Sallust (EN), Website

72 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 18: Casa del chirurgo

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Casa del chirurgo

The House of the Surgeon is one of the most famous houses in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii and is named after ancient surgical instruments that were found there. Along with the rest of the city, it was buried and largely preserved under 4 to 6 m of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.

Wikipedia: House of the Surgeon (EN), Website

250 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 19: Necropoli di Porta Ercolano

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The necropolises of Pompeii, as required by Roman laws, stood outside the walls, near the entrance gates to the city: six necropolises have been explored in Pompeii, some of small size, others, such as that of Porta Ercolano, Porta Nocera and Fondo Pacifico containing a greater number of tombs.

Wikipedia: Necropoli di Pompei (IT), Website

971 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 20: Regio IV

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The following are the monuments in Regio IV of the archaeological excavations of Pompeii.

Wikipedia: Regio IV degli scavi archeologici di Pompei (IT)

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