​The Great Portal On the lower decuman of Herculaneum we can admire an house with an original portal. The front consists of an architrave, a cornice and two half-columns made of bricks. These are surmounted by two re-used Hellenistic capitals of tufa with winged Victories carrying torches. The house, for the presence of this particular entrance, is […]

Satyr with Dionysus child This statue from the Farnese collection, dated 2nd century AD, is the marble copy of a original Greek bronze.  It represents a satyr with pointed ears who has on his shoulders a  small Dionysus whose head is crowned with vines, and in his right hand he has a large bunch of grapes. BOOK NOW […]

Castricio’s street This route crosses, in a straight line, Regiones I and II in the south-eastern part of the city. It starts from the intersection with the street called Vicolo di Paquio Proculo to reach the large square of the Amphitheater. Here you will see the entrances of many shops but also those of important […]