Ancient site · Italy · Restored
Villa of the Mysteries
The Villa of the Mysteries is a suburban Roman villa on the outskirts of Pompeii, noted for its large layout and a sequence of well-preserved wall paintings in Room 5. Buried in the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, the villa preserves more than sixty rooms including a peristyle, atrium with impluvium, service quarters and spaces adapted for agricultural production.
Its prime
AD 1
Today
Restored
As it stood in AD 1
What Villa of the Mysteries looked like in its prime.
A low, rectilinear compound of brick and ashlar walls with terracotta tiled pitched and flat roofs, sitting on a sloping site above a cryptoporticus of blind arches; formal hedged gardens and boxwood parterres lie beside paved courtyards and a colonnaded peristyle. Interior rooms in the villa were richly frescoed—most famously Room 5 with broad red-painted wall surfaces and painted figures—while service areas show stone paving and utility fittings for wine and oil production.
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11 places to explore in AD 1.
The record describes 11 distinct spots at Villa of the Mysteries — including 7 interiors: main atrium with impluvium, triclinium and portico overlooking the gulf, room 5 (frescoed oecus / 'mysteries' room) and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.
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