🏛️ Casa de la Fortuna
Roman townhouse in Pompeii's archaeological park, Italy
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Pompeii, Italy (Region of Campania)
- Preserved by: Mount Vesuvius eruption, 79 AD
- Period: Early Imperial Roman, 1st century AD
- UNESCO inscription: 1997
Casa de la Fortuna is a Roman townhouse in Pompeii that preserves intact evidence of domestic life among middle-class residents during the early Imperial period. The structure was buried and protected by volcanic material from the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, halting occupation instantaneously and creating conditions for exceptional preservation of walls, frescoes, mosaics, and household fixtures. Casa de la Fortuna was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997 as ...