Defensive walls

Defensive walls is a historic site in Pompei, Metropolitan Naples, Campania. Defensive walls is situated nearby to the archaeological site House of A. Virnius Modestus (IX.7.16), as well as near Steps to upper floor (IX.7.17).

Type: City walls
Description: city walls in Pompeii, Italy
Also known as: “mura di Pompei” and “Mura di Pompei”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Temple of Isis and Lupanar (VII.12.18).

Temple of Isis

Archaeological site

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The Temple of Isis is a Roman temple dedicated to the Egyptian goddess Isis. This small and almost intact temple was one of the first discoveries during the excavation of Pompeii in 1764. Temple of Isis is situated 210 metres south of Defensive walls.

Lupanar (VII.12.18)

Ruins

Photo: Fer.filol, Public domain.

The Lupanar is the ruined building of an ancient Roman brothel in the city of Pompeii. It is of particular interest for the erotic paintings on its walls, and is also known as the Lupanare Grande or the "Purpose-Built Brothel" in the Roman colony. Lupanar (VII.12.18) is situated 170 metres southwest of Defensive walls.

Region IX of the archaeological excavations of Pompeii

Archaeological site

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Region IX of the archaeological excavations of Pompeii is an archaeological site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pompeii and Pompei.

Pompeii

Photo: Heinz-Josef Lücking, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.

Pompeii is in Campania, Italy, not far from Naples. The ruined ancient Roman city of the same name was engulfed by Mt. Vesuvius in AD 79, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Pompei

Town

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Pompei, also known in English as Pompeii after the name of the ancient city, is a city and municipality in the Metropolitan City of Naples, in the region of Campania in Italy.