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Oil Lamp Workshop (I, 20, 2-3)

Laetitia Cavassa (Aix Marseille University) APP Contact Person Luana Toniolo The second pottery workshop in Pompeii functioning in 79 AD is inside the city, near Porta Nocera, and hosts two kilns and a settling tank. Oil lamps, oil lamp moulds, and over a hundred vases and pots (frittili) shaped on the wheel have been found. The workshop consists of four rooms and covers an area of about 100 squar …Read more

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Gymnasium of the Iuvenes

Gymnasium of the Iuvenes

Gymnasium of the IuvenesThe entrance of the Gymnasium is located in Vicolo della Regina, in an area that had been long closed to the public before being reopened in 2016, following the completion of major safety works. From the outside of the building, you can see a marvellous floor mosaic in the entrance hallway, which depicts a fighting scene with two bare-handed athletes facing each other. On t …Read more

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