HOUSES OF MARCUS RUFUS AND THE GOLDEN BRACELET-REGIO VII, Houses Of Marcus Rufus And The Golden Bracelet-Regio Vii

You are in the area of Pompeii called Insula Occidentalis, an impressive complex of buildings covering some 6,000 square meters, located between Porta Marina and Porta Ercolano.

Here, the domus were built right next to the walls, even incorporating them, and projecting their extension outside the walls, with splendid rooms and gardens laid out in terraces sloping down towards the sea. In addition to magnificent green spaces adorned with fountains, these domus offered their owners and their guests the incomparable panorama of the Gulf of Naples.

The most interesting of these villas include that of Marcus Fabius Rufus, a descendant of the gens Fabia, an important patrician Roman family, and that of the Golden Bracelet, named after a precious jewel found inside it which weighs an impressive 610 grams and is now housed in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples....