TAILOR TOUR

Why do not you share the expenses and arrange with other cruise passengers (6 or 8 at most) an exclusive tour in the Gulf of Naples with a comfortable Mercedes vehicle, private driver and tour guide? We have organized for you a Pompei-Capri tour. Contact us by e-mail info@pompeii.org.uk for further info.

Covering a total surface area of about three thousand square metres, this building occupies a whole insula (block) and is certainly one of the largest and most sumptuous houses in Pompeii. Its entrance lies in Via della Fortuna. The residence is of Samnite origin and was built in the early 2nd century B.C. in place of an older construction. It derives its name from the small bronze statue of a dancing faun (a copy of which is exhibited here) which decorates the impluvium of the Tuscan atrium. Nothing is known about its owners. From an architectural viewpoint this house is unique not only for its remarkable size, but also because it has two atria, two peristyles, four ... continue

(Apic. 6, 9, 13) Ingredients:

• 1 fresh chicken (approx. 1-1.5 kg)
• 100 ml oil
• 200 ml Liquamen or 200 ml wine + 2 tsp salt
• 1 branch of leek
• Fresh dill
• Fresh savory
• Coriander
• Pepper to taste
• a little bit of Defritum (or wine syrup)

Instructions:
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Start to fry chicken and season with a mixture of Liquamen and oil, together with bunches of dill, leek, savory and fresh coriander. Then cook approximately 1 hour with 220 deg C in the oven. When the chicken is done, moisten a plate with Defritum ... continue

Love was a common topic of conversation in Pompeii. Feelings, passions, poetic love, sex, homosexuality, prostitution and so forth were all part of daily life and not a source of prejudice. The concept of “obscenity” seems to have been unknown. Love and sex were considered earthly practices of a man’s life that were encouraged by the benevolence of Venus. The thousands of examples of graffiti found on the town’s walls are unequivocal proof of what the people of Pompeii thought about love and sex.