Room with frescoes, Fullonica of Stephanus, Pompeii, Italy

Room used as an office for checking in and out clothes, decorated with frescoes in the Fourth Style of Roman wall painting, 60-79 AD, with red panels with decorative borders above a lower red frieze, and architectural motifs with garlands and bird life on a white ground above, in the Fullonica di Stefanus, or Fullonica of Stephanus, a laundry in Pompeii, Italy. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

Picture No

13435550

Media ID

45144122

Size

8658px x 5792px (11.1MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen