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House of Octavius Quartio

Pompei, Italy

The House of Loreius Tiburtinus (more correctly the House of Octavius Quartio after its true owner) is renowned for well-preserved art, mainly in wall-paintings as well as its large gardens. It is in the Roman city of Pompeii and with the rest of Pompeii was preserved by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in or after October 79 AD.

Archaeological site data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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