Located in an important position along Via di Mercurio, the house is organised in such a way that from the entrance it is possible to see the splendid fountain that decorates the garden at the back.
Guests can often intuit the high social status of the owner.
The precious fountain is covered in coloured mosaics and shells and is adorned with a bronze statue of a fisherman and a Cupid (exhibited in copies).
All around, the side walls of the peristyle are frescoed with large landscape views made a few years before the 79 AD eruption, among which the representation of a maritime city is notable.
Maritime cities were a very popular theme in the artwork of the time and were particularly suitable for the decoration of gardens.
The initiative Telling the construction sites running until April 17, 2025, will allow people to learn about 20 construction sites at Pompeii and nearby Oplontis.
They will run from the House of the Small Fountain to Excavation IX-10, and from the House of the Atrium to the Insula Occidentalis.
They will also cover the Baths of the Forum, the Insula Meridionalis, the Necropolis of Porta Stabia, the Insula of the Chaste Lovers, the construction site of Civita Giuliana, the House of Leda, the Granaries of the Forum, the house of Caesius Blandus, the house of Giulius Polybius and various other construction sites.
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