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House of Zephir and Flora

Address: Insula 10
Area: 638 square meters
Rooms: 10

The house of Zephyr and Flora is located on street Via della Fortuna Augusta. The house is also known as the House of the Ship (Casa del Naviglio), House of Zefira and Chlora (Casa di Zefiro e Clori), House of Tintirius (Casa di Tactirius) and House of Bacchae (Casa delle Baccanti). Most of the names are related to the fresco theme found here. Most of the images were taken and transferred to museums. In spite of this robbery, the first archaeologists still saved these beautiful paintings. Otherwise, they would have been lost as much of the building, which was heavily damaged by centuries of erosion from the action of water and wind.

The house of Zephyr and Flora has been abandoned since it was excavated in the 1820s and is now in poor condition. Initially this building was the Samnite house. He has a rather standard atrium, a table, a modest home garden. Most of the house Zephyr and Flora was built of blocks of tuff and covered with plaster.