Pompeii. Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate. Excavated 1763.
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Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. December 2018. Looking north on Via
Consolare. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. Pre-1824
aquatint “Porte de la Ville dite Herculana” by Jakob Wilhelm Huber (1787-1871).
Looking
north to Gate, with VI.17.1, on left.
Porta Ercolano
or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii.
Pre-1824 aquatint by Jakob Wilhelm Huber, “Intérieur de la Porte vers les Tombeaux”,
looking north to Gate, with VI.17.1, on left.
See Huber, J. W., 1824. Vues pittoresques des
ruines les plus remarquables de l’ancienne ville de Pompei, pl. IV.
Porta
Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate. March
2018. Looking north from inside the city.
Foto
Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate. April 2014.
Looking north on Via Consolare, through Gate from inside the city. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate. May 2010. Looking north from inside the city. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Pompeii Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate. September 2004. Looking north from inside the city.
According to Eschebach, the ancient name for this gate was Porta Salis, or the Salt Gate.
See Eschebach, L., 1993. Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan der antiken Stadt Pompeji. Köln: Böhlau. (p.10)
Pompeii Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate. 1961. Looking north from inside the city. 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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Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate. c.1880-1890. Photo by G. Sommer no. 1214. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Porta
Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate. Album by M. Amodio, c.1880,
entitled “Pompei, destroyed on 23 November 79, discovered in 1748”.
Looking north through gate. Photo
courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate.
From an album of
Michele Amodio dated 1874, entitled “Pompei, destroyed on 23
November 79, discovered in 1745”.
Looking north through gate. Photo
courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate. From an album dated February 1874. Looking north through Gate. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate. About 1870. Looking north from inside the city. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Pompeii Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate. Between 1867 and 1874.
Looking north from inside the city. Photo by Sommer and Behles. Photo courtesy of Charles Marty.
Pompeii Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate. From an album by Roberto
Rive, dated 1868. Looking north. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
East side of gate
Porta Ercolano
or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. March
2018. Looking north towards the east side, on right.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. March 2018. Looking north through gate
towards Via dei Sepolcri, on left.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. March 2018.
Looking
towards remaining stucco on east side.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR
Pompeii Porta
Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate. September 2021.
Looking north-east towards the east side of
the Gate from inside the city. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Pompeii
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate. March 2018.
Looking north-east towards the east side of
the Gate.
Foto
Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010.
Looking towards west wall of east side of gate from south end. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010.
Looking towards west wall of east side of gate from north end. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010.
Remaining plaster from west wall at south end on east side of gate. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010.
Roadway through gate, detail from south end of east side area, area of “double-leaf gate”. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Pompeii Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate. May 2006. Looking east towards south end of gate on east side.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010.
Looking east towards central pilaster on east side of gate. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Pompeii Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate. May 2006. Looking east towards east side, with central pilaster on right.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010.
Looking towards north end of east side of gate from near central pilaster. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010.
East side of gate at north end. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010.
Detail from east side of gate at north end, area of “portcullis”. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010.
Looking east from hole in centre of roadway in line with “portcullis”. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010. Detail from centre of roadway. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Pompeii Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate. September 2021.
Looking
north through Gate towards Via
dei Sepolcri, from area of “portcullis”. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010.
Looking through east side of gate from north end on Via dei Sepolcri. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Porta
Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. March 2018. Looking north towards
remaining stucco on east side.
Foto
Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010.
Detail from upper south wall of east side of gate. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010.
Looking north through east side of gate from south end. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Pompeii Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate. September 2005. Looking north through east side.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010.
Looking north along west interior wall on east side of gate. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010.
Flooring on north end of south side of east side of gate. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010.
Looking south along west interior wall on east side of gate. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010.Detail of vaulted ceiling on east side of gate. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010.
Looking north along south end on east side of gate. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010.
Looking north along east wall on east side of gate. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010.
Looking north towards central pilaster on east side of gate. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010.
Looking north towards south and east walls of north end of east side of gate. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010.
East side of gate, detail of flooring at north end. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010.
East side of gate, detail of flooring at north end. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010.
Looking north along east wall at north end of east side of gate. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010.
East side, looking south along east wall from north end. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010.
Detail from north end of east wall on east side of gate. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010. Flooring in east side of gate. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010.
Detail from west wall of east side of gate from north end. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010.
East side, looking south along west wall from north end. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010.
Looking south along east wall on east side of gate, from north end. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010.
Looking south along west wall from north end on east side of gate. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010.
Geometric decoration from west wall at north end of east side. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010.
Looking south through east side of gate from Via dei Sepolcri. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Pompeii Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate. May 2006. Looking south through east side.
Pompeii Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate. May 2006. Looking south towards east side.
Pompeii
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate. 2016/2017.
Looking east along city walls from north end
of gate. Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Pompeii Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate east side. Looking south towards city walls.
Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.
See
Notizie degli Scavi, 1943, (p.275-294),
for article entitled “Isolation of the wall between the Vesuvian Gate
and Herculaneum Gate.”
(Isolamento della cinta murale fra Porta Vesuvio e Porta Ercolano).
According to Van der Graaff –
“Littered with scars from the Sullan siege, the fourteen-course section still displays some of the highest-quality finished masonry of the entire circuit (Note 75). It is also unique as the only stretch of fortifications composed entirely of tuff – a circumstance reflecting its prominent position next to the gate……….
The resulting effect set the stage for approaching viewers of the architectural character of the city behind the gate.”
See Van der Graaff, I. (2018). The
Fortifications of Pompeii and Ancient Italy. Routledge, (p.65 and Note 75).
Walls at Pompeii Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate. December 2006. Looking west along east side.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010.
Looking west across top of north end of gate. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010.
Looking west across top of Herculaneum Gate at north end. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
Porta Ercolano or Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii. May 2010.
Looking south-west from top of wall, across Herculaneum Gate. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.