What were the buildings like in Pompeii?

Answer 1

Pompeii was a very rich Roman city when it was covered in 79AD. The houses there reflect the richness of the city. Within the city are the wealthy Roman houses built in the Roman style. They were square in shape, with an open courtyard with a fountain in the center all the rooms opened into the courtyard. When you walk into the rooms of the house there is an anteroom for visitors and other rooms off to each side. The walls in the house are painted with scenes of Roman life. The paintings are still as colorful and vibrant as they were in the city was covered. In the back of the owner's quarters were slave quarters that were small cells. The merchant houses were much smaller and often located behind the storefronts of the goods they sold. They were one or two rooms and not decorated as the rich were. The Romans also developed the concept of apartment houses so they had two story buildings. When I was in Pompeii it seemed as if everyone in the city had just stepped out for a moment. It is comprised of 65 acres so it is impossible to see it all and a great deal of it is off limits to the public. The Italian government is still uncovering the city.

Answer 2

The houses were stone and one or two rooms for the poor, but there were many wealthy people living there and they lived in villas. The villas were made so you walked into an reception room facing a garden and fountains. Around the middle of the garden opened into rooms. The rooms were painted with pictures on the walls and mosaics on the floors. If you are on the west coast J.Paul Getty built a museum that was a copy of a villa in Pompeii. Today, the villa is a museum of Roman and Greek art located in Santa Monica.

Answer 3

Most of the houses or buildings in Pompeii were made of stone