Pompeii villa reopens after restoration

A Roman villa in Pompeii known as the Domus Vettorium (House of Vettii) reopens after twenty years of restoration.

Pompeii, Italy - 14 December 2022 1. Walking shot from the gate of the domus that opens, with sign reading (Latin) 'Domus Vettiorum' (House of Vettii), to the atrium

2. Pan left of the triclinium, called 'Hall of Ixion'

3. Various of the frescoes in the 'Hall of Ixion'

4. Walking shot of the peristyle surrounding the garden

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Gabriel Zuchtriegel, director, Pompeii Archaeological Park:   "The House of the Vetti is like the history of Pompeii and actually of Roman society within one house. So, you have the great artwork, we're seeing here the last phase of the Pompeian wall painting with incredible details so you can stand before these images for hours and still discover new details, and the sculptures in the garden. So, you have this mixture: nature, architecture, art. But it is also story about the social life of the Pompeian society and actually the Roman world in this phase of history."

6. Various of fresco in the 'Room of the Cupids' representing Cupids engaged in various activities and crafts

7. Pan right of the 'Room of the Cupids'

8. Close of a fresco in the 'Room of the Cupids'

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Gabriel Zuchtriegel, director, Pompeii Archaeological Park:   "The house belonged to two men who were probably two freed men, so they were ex-slaves and then they had an incredible career after that and reached the highest ranks of the local society, at least economically. They evidently tried to show their new status also through culture and through Greek mythological paintings and it's all about saying 'well we have made it and so we are now part of this elite', local elite in the Roman world."

10. Various of fresco in the 'Hall of Pentheus' depicting Hercules as a child choking snakes

11. Pan right of the 'Hall of Pentheus'

12. Various of the frescoes in the 'Hall of Pentheus'

13. SOUNDBITE (English) Gabriel Zuchtriegel, director, Pompeii Archaeological Park:   "The House of Vettii has always been a case study on how do these paintings reflect the dreams and imagination and anxieties of the owners because they lived between these images. So, on one hand we see Greek myth which is a very learned kind of showing off your knowledge because during the banquets you then had to comment (on) these paintings and you could show that you really understood was going on there. And there is also sometimes some kind of identification."  

14. Various of the 'lararium,' a place in ancient Roman houses reserved for the worship of the Lares (deities in ancient Roman religion)

15. Various of the atrium of the domus, cat walking by

16. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Arianna Spinosa, architect director of restoration work: "This house is one of the iconic houses of Pompeii and represents the Pompeian domus by excellence, not only because of the frescoes of exceptional importance, but also because of its layout and architecture. Today, we can finally read this complexity thanks to the new roofs – both the restoration bits, but also those put in just to protect the rooms that we have found and rediscovered during the restoration, such as the whole 'gynaeceum' area."

17. Various of one of the rooms of the domus called 'gynaeceum'

18. Pan right of one of the rooms of the domus

19. Various of the frescoes

20. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Stefania Giudice, director of fresco restoration:

21. Various of bronze remains of one of the two safes in the atrium

22. Wide of the garden  

23. Walking shot of one of Pompeii's cobbled streets

Another article about the opening of the House of Vettii, named after its owners, two former brothers who had been slaves: Aulus Vettius Conviva and Aulus Vettius Restitutus. They got wealthy by selling after they were freed

On 1/18/2023 at 3:37 PM, guy said:

 

Another article about the opening of the House of Vettii, named after its owners, two former brothers who had been slaves: Aulus Vettius Conviva and Aulus Vettius Restitutus. They got wealthy by selling after they were freed

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64225813

https://allthatsinteresting.com/house-of-the-vettii