According to Guidobaldi, this doorway on north side of Vicolo Meridionale, led to a peristyle of a building not yet excavated.
See Guidobaldi, M.P, 2009: Ercolano, guida agli scavi. Naples,
Electa Napoli, (p.49).
Ins. Or. II.1b, Herculaneum. 2004. Looking north from entrance.
Ins. Or. II.1b, Herculaneum. December 2004. Looking west across peristyle. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Looking south-west from above Ins. Orientalis II. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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The Oleanders (pink-flowers) can be seen dividing the two insulae, Ins. Or. I and II, these are the same as the ones in the Vicolo Meridionale, as in the photo below.
Vicolo Meridionale, looking west towards Cardo V. 1957. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Vicolo Meridionale, the small roadway dividing Ins. Orientalis II, on left, from Ins. Orientalis I, on right.
September 2015. Looking east.