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Archaeological site · Ercolano (NA)

House of the Skeleton

  • Visit: about 1 h 30 min
House of the Skeleton
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The house in Herculaneum named after the skeleton found during the excavations.

The house was excavated in the 19th century and owes its name to the skeleton of a person found on the upper floor.Visitors can see small decorated courtyards, with a nymphaeum covered in glass-paste mosaics and frescoes.

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