VII.6.16 Pompeii. Shop, with rear room.

Linked to VII.6.11 Excavated 1817, 1868 and 1910.

According to Garcia y Garcia Region VII, Insula VI was one of the insulae most devastated over the years since its excavation.

He calls it the “cinderella” of Pompeii. Between the years 1759 and 1762 it was vandalised and stripped by the Bourbons, then reinterred.

Then came the slow and non-systematic uncovering again before the final destruction in September 1943.

The area was ignored and abandoned during the years following the war, which reduced the insula to a heap of bricks and masonry.

See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.102).

VII.6.16 Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance, looking south-west.

VII.6.16 Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance, looking west.

VII.6.16 Pompeii. December 2004. South wall of shop-room.

VII.6.16 Pompeii. March 2009. Upper south wall.

VII.6.16 Pompeii. December 2004.

Looking west to site of rear room (on left), and corridor leading to VII.6.11 (on right).

VII.6.16 Pompeii. May 2005.

Looking west to site of rear room (on left) and corridor leading to VII.6.11 (on right).

Only the south and west walls of the rear room survive.

VII.6.16 Pompeii. December 2004. Remains of dividing wall, with VII.6.15 (on right).