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Casa del Menandro
Ruins · Italy
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 40.750, 14.490
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: The House of Menander is one of the richest and most magnificent houses in ancient Pompeii in terms of architecture, decoration and contents, and covers a large area of about 1,800 square metres (19,000 ft2) occupying most of its insula.
History
The House of Menander is one of the richest and most magnificent houses in ancient Pompeii in terms of architecture, decoration and contents, and covers a large area of about 1,800 square metres (19,000 ft2) occupying most of its insula. Its quality means the owner must have been an aristocrat involved in politics, with great taste for art.