Palestra Grande in Pompeii

The Palestra Grande was built to replace the Gym Sannitica during the Augustan period, but it was severely damaged by the earthquake of 62, so A Lot so that at the time of the eruption was not used [68]. It has a rectangular plan and measuring one hundred and forty meters long and one hundred and thirty in width: the perimeter is entirely portico with Ionic columns, except the east side, while the center of the square is placed a pool with a sloping bottom in order to be able have din caseferent depths ranging from a minimum of sixty centimeters to a maximum of two meters; also present a latrine. The Gym Sannitica dating from the second century BC but lost its importance after the construction of the Large Gym. Originally was larger than at present: in fact, as a result of the earthquake of 62, part of the structure was destroyed to make the extension work of the nearby Temple of Isis has a trapezoidal plan, with a colonnade on three sides and on the inside, during exploration, was found a copy of the statue of the Polykleitos.

Of about twenty-five brothels that existed in Pompeii, the brothel of the region VII, was the only one built with the specin caseic purpose of hosting prostitutes: it’s a structure on two levels, built just before the eruption of 79. Both the lower floor, the upper floor are five rooms, although the rooms are on the second floor of a larger size on the entrance doors are the frescoes on the type of performance took place in that room and you can also find two hundred graffiti, mostly names of prostitutes and customers . Most of the sacred structures of Pompeii were built between the third and second centuries BC notevolemente and then expanded as a result of the domination of Lucius Cornelius Sulla at the time of the eruption were almost all in renovation or reconstruction following the earthquake of 62.

The Temple of Apollo is one of the oldest in Pompeii: it was built between 575 and 550 BC and restored before the second century BC and then following the earthquake of 62, the property is surrounded by a four-tuff, with Ionic columns and Doric entablature. The access ladder on the high podium places, where there’s the cell, paved with multicolored stones, in the courtyard there are the statues of Apollo and Diana in the likeness of archers, as well as an altar dating back to 80 BC and a sundial was probably built during the Augustan age.
The Doric Temple dates from the first half of the sixth century BC and after many renovations, was seriously damaged by the earthquake of 62 and consequently abandoned. So called because built in the Doric style, was surrounded by columns and the center was placed the cell, the temple remains of the capitals, of the steps of the base and a base on which were probably venerete the gods Athena and Hercules, as evidenced by the discovery of an inscription.

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