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.