Villa Fanninus
Villa Fanninus is the name of a villa that was excavated at the foot of Mount Vesuvius near Naples in the village of Boscoreale . It originated in the years 50–40 BC. And was preserved by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD . It probably belonged to Publius Fannius Synistor. In contrast to the lavish luxury villas ( villae urbanae ) of the same period, the villa of Boscoreale represents the type of an agricultural villa rustica , which was specialized in viticulture. The villa includes, among other things, a press and a large fermentation yard, in which clay barrels were sunk into the ground.
In the northern part of the villa was the comfortably furnished residential wing of the villa owner as well as the kitchen and bathrooms. The wall paintings are best preserved in the bedroom ( cubiculum ) . Here three elements of the wall painting are processed:
- Landscape painting - representation of the great outdoors
- Temple architecture - illustration of a round temple, perhaps a temple of Venus
- City architecture - houses and city gates
These three elements can be assigned to the three ancient dramas - satyr play , tragedy and comedy . Masks reinforce this assumption.
In the Oecus (dining room) there are megalographs , but only fragments are preserved. These can be compared with those of the Mystery Villa.
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Coordinates: 40 ° 45 ′ 41 ″ N , 14 ° 28 ′ 17 ″ E