VILLA OF THE MYSTERIES- REGIO VI SUBURBIO, Villa Of The Mysteries- Regio Vi Suburbio

The most famous cycle of frescoes found in Pompeii is located in a splendid room of the so-called Villa of the Mysteries, located outside the city walls, a domus dating back to the 2nd century BC that was remodeled around 80 B.C.

It is a large, square-plan villa that had a different organization from classical Roman mansions. At the entrance, there was an area for the production and trade of wine and rooms such as kitchens reserved for servants' work.

Further inside was the peristyle and then the atrium, around which were the master's rooms, on the ground floor, and those for the servants, on the first floor.

The side of the villa that juts out towards the sea is supported by an embankment at the base of which was a cryptoporticus, a covered portico, partially underground, that was used as a warehouse.

The villa, which today cannot be accessed through the original entrance, houses interesting paintings of the second, third and fourth styles, including a very interesting one....