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House of Pansa

Address: Insula 6
Area: 2106 square meters
Rooms: 17

The House of Pansa is also known as the residence of Gnea Aleus Nigidia Maius. This huge house occupied a whole city block. During the Second World War, he suffered greatly from the Allied bombings.

House Pansa, otherwise known as the House of Gnea Aleus Nigidia Maius, occupies a whole city block. The name of the owner is written on the wall in several places of this mansion. Most of the quarter is surrounded by shop windows, that is, there have always been a lot of people here. The main entrance to the house itself is located on Via delle Terme (in the photo below). The house was originally excavated in 1810 and again in 1813, 1827, 1852 and, finally. During the war, Pompeii was bombed and several bombs fell on the territory of this house. However, much more devastating was the fire that broke out in the house during the earthquake that accompanied the eruption. From the once luxurious mansion only the first floor survives today. Although in antiquity they were much more.

The corridor (a) to Pansa House opens on the north side of Via delle Terme. The walls of the corridor retained some areas of plaster, but they are too weathered to describe the original decoration and frescoes. The entrance opens directly onto a large Tuscan-style atrium-living room (b) with a central imluvium-internal swimming pool. As can be seen from the photos, the house is in a general state of collapse, with a small amount of remaining decoration. From the central living room there are six medium-size cubic rooms (c), three on the east side and three on the west side of the atrium. The cubiculum in the southwest corner of the atrium has a doorway on the south wall that opens into the store (d) under number VI.6.22.

The door in the northwest corner of the atrium is the room of the sitting room (e). The room is in a ruined state with a small amount of plaster on the stands. In the north wall there is a wide window overlooking the western side of the peristyle-inner garden.

In the center of the north side of the atrium is a tablin (f) or bedroom. Tablin is open in the atrium across its width. The eastern and western walls of the table retain some stains of plaster, but all the murals and decorative items have long been lost. The bedroom has a thin white mosaic floor with one black frame. In the north wall of the table there is a wide opening with two steps with small marble, which gives access to the peristyle.