VII.16.a Pompeii. Suburban Baths. Terme Suburbane.

Quick Outline

This Quickie page has been created to give an appreciation of the main rooms and areas of the interesting Suburban Baths without the need to navigate the many detailed pages of photographs.     

Detail

If you are interested to see the Baths in more detail, you can see the rooms in much greater detail in these subsequent parts:

Detailed photos

VII.16.a Pompeii. October 2023. Looking east towards Suburban Baths and Porta Marina. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VII.16.a Pompeii. August 2021. Looking east from entrance to Suburban Baths, centre left, towards Porta Marina,

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.16.a Suburban Baths. July 2021. Looking north-west towards entrance doorway and courtyard C.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.16.a Pompeii. October 2020.

Looking east across courtyard towards entrance to Corridor B, on right. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VII.16.a Pompeii. August 2021.

Corridor B, looking east towards Vestibule 8, from entrance.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.16.a Pompeii. July 2021. Corridor B, south side.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.16.a Pompeii. November 2023. Corridor B, looking east towards Vestibule 8. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

VII.16.a Pompeii. July 2021.Vestibule 8, looking north across flooring.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.16.a Pompeii. November 2023.

Room 7, looking east across apodyterium or changing room. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

VII.16.a Pompeii. July 2021. Doorway in north wall of room 7 leading into room 6.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.16.a Pompeii. July 2021. Room 6, looking east towards Nymphaeum

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.16.a Pompeii. July 2021. Looking east towards nymphaeum in room 9. 

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.16.a Pompeii. July 2021. Room 9, looking towards north end of natatio or warm pool.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.16.a Pompeii. July 2021. Room 9, upper south wall.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.16.a Pompeii. August 2021. Room 9, lower south wall, naval scene.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.16.a Pompeii. July 2021. Room 5, looking north across tepidarium.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.16.a Pompeii. July 2021.

Doorway from room 5 to room 4, calidarium. Looking north.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.16.a Pompeii. May 2015.

Room 4, south wall, with large niche on either side of doorway from room 5. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.16.a Pompeii. July 2021. Room 4, semi-circular window on west side.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.16.a Pompeii. May 2015.

Room 4, looking towards north wall and niche on east side of doorway leading to room 3. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.16.a Pompeii. May 2015.

Room 3, a room on the south side of the pool, with doorway to room 1, anteroom. Looking north-west. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.16.a Pompeii. October 2020.

Room 1, looking west from south-east corner doorway, from room 3.

Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VII.16.a Pompeii. July 2021.

Room 1, mosaic floor, looking towards north wall with painting and stucco work.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.16.a Pompeii. October 2020.

Room 1, east wall in north-east corner and doorway to room 3. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VII.16.a Pompeii. August 2021. Room 2, looking towards north side of pool.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.16.a Pompeii. July 2021. Looking north across courtyard C, the covered pool is in the centre.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.16.a Pompeii. June 2019. Looking north across courtyard C from entrance doorway, on right. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.16.a Pompeii. October 2020.

Looking north-east towards room 2, the hot pool, on left, and window and doorway of room 1, on right. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VII.16.a Pompeii. July 2021. Looking towards east side of courtyard C.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.16.a Pompeii. April 2014.

Looking north-east from entrance to Baths, lower left, along portico on roadway leading to Porta Marina. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VII.16.a Pompeii. October 2020. Looking north-east towards rooms on upper level. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VII.16.a Pompeii. July 2021. Looking east along portico and front façade of upper level, with Porta Marina, on right.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

Paintings from Suburban Baths, but exact location from which they came, is unknown to us.

VII.16.a Pompeii. May 2024.

Painting of idyllic sacred landscape on display in exhibition in palaestra, entitled “L’altra Pompei, vite comuni all’ombra del Vesuvio”.

Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VII.16.a Pompeii. May 2024.

Painting of market scene, on display in exhibition in palaestra, entitled “L’altra Pompei, vite comuni all’ombra del Vesuvio”.

Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VII.16.a Pompeii. May 2024. Painting of market scene, with characters in short tunics. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VII.16.a Pompeii. May 2024. Detail of characters in market scene. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.