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Plaster Casts near the Porta Nocera
Plaster Cast from Pompeii
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Macellum
Villa of the Mysteries
Caupona Pherusa
House of the Four Styles
Region I
Porta Nocera
Boscoreale Antiquarium
Historical Information
Younger Pliny's letters
Seneca's describes AD 62 earthquake
Gautier short story about Pompeii

Early account of making plaster casts

Charles Dickens describes Pompeii
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WW2 bombing of Pompeii
Visiting Pompeii and vicinity
visiting Pompeii
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The Porta Nocera is the gateway to three sets of plaster casts at Pompeii. Two are located inside the gate (the famous Garden of the Fugitives and the secret exhibit of Region I). But just outside the Porta Nocera, there is another, not well known, display of casts.

As you approach the Porta Nocera, along the street lined with tombs, go straight (passing by the Porta Nocera) and you will find this building on your left:

Inside the large building on the left (which is just behind the Porta Nocera), you will find a display of three plaster casts (behind a wire fence):

Another cast displayed near the Porta Nocera

The center building (with the high roof) contains a wire display case with another cast.

As is typical for Pompeii, no information about the casts is given, though it might be rightly assumed that they were found in the area of the Porta Nocera.

(Thank you, Rick Bauer, for the photos and information about this display.)

 

 

For more information about the plaster casts of Pompeii, read Bodies from the Ash: Life and Death in Ancient Pompeii

 

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