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CHAPTER XXXVII
THE HOUSE OF THE SILVER WEDDING
Among the more interesting of the large houses excavated in
the last decade is the house of the Silver Wedding, which marks
the limit of excavation in the fifth Region (V. ii. a on Plan
VI). The main part was cleared in 1892 (Fig. 8); and in April,
1893, in connection with the festivities with which the Silver
Wedding of the King and Queen of Italy was celebrated, a
special excavation was made in one of the rooms, in the presence
of their Majesties and of their imperial guests, the Emperor
and Empress of Germany. Portions of the house are still cov-
ered, the fagade, the inner end of the oecus, and the greater
part of an extensive garden on the left side.
Notwithstanding the extent of the house — the greatest length
is not far from 150 feet, the breadth of the excavated portion
130 — and the number of apartments, the plan is simple (Fig.
141). From the fauces (T) we pass into a tetrastyle atrium
(d), the largest of its kind yet discovered, with alae on either
side and a high tablinum (0). Back of this is a Rhodian peri-
style, at the rear of which is an exedra (j) with sleeping rooms
at the right and the left (x, 2). Opening into the rear of the
peristyle on one side is the oecus (4), on the other a long dining
room (w).
Another series of apartments lay between the peristyle and
the garden at the right (2), a kitchen (j), and a bath (/-F). In
front of the garden and extending to the street is a small house
(a-t) which had been joined to the larger establishment; it was
connected with this by a small door under the stairs in the corner
of the atrium (J3), which opened into a side room (e) of the large
atrium.
The essential parts of the house date from the Tufa Period.
Alterations were made from time to time in the course of the
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THE HOUSE OF THE SILVER WEDDING
Among the more interesting of the large houses excavated in
the last decade is the house of the Silver Wedding, which marks
the limit of excavation in the fifth Region (V. ii. a on Plan
VI). The main part was cleared in 1892 (Fig. 8); and in April,
1893, in connection with the festivities with which the Silver
Wedding of the King and Queen of Italy was celebrated, a
special excavation was made in one of the rooms, in the presence
of their Majesties and of their imperial guests, the Emperor
and Empress of Germany. Portions of the house are still cov-
ered, the fagade, the inner end of the oecus, and the greater
part of an extensive garden on the left side.
Notwithstanding the extent of the house — the greatest length
is not far from 150 feet, the breadth of the excavated portion
130 — and the number of apartments, the plan is simple (Fig.
141). From the fauces (T) we pass into a tetrastyle atrium
(d), the largest of its kind yet discovered, with alae on either
side and a high tablinum (0). Back of this is a Rhodian peri-
style, at the rear of which is an exedra (j) with sleeping rooms
at the right and the left (x, 2). Opening into the rear of the
peristyle on one side is the oecus (4), on the other a long dining
room (w).
Another series of apartments lay between the peristyle and
the garden at the right (2), a kitchen (j), and a bath (/-F). In
front of the garden and extending to the street is a small house
(a-t) which had been joined to the larger establishment; it was
connected with this by a small door under the stairs in the corner
of the atrium (J3), which opened into a side room (e) of the large
atrium.
The essential parts of the house date from the Tufa Period.
Alterations were made from time to time in the course of the
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