POMPEJANUM
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Reproduction of a Roman villa of Pompeian inspiration, with mural paintings and mosaic floors in the antique style.
The Pompejanum is a reproduction of a Roman villa of Pompeian inspiration, with murals and mosaic floors designed according to ancient models. It was born out of the wish of King Ludwig I of Bavaria - known for his passion for Greek and Roman antiquities - to create a villa that would be accessible to the public and would give an idea of life in a domus roman life in the first century. The king had been able to travel to Pompeii himself and wanted to use this reconstruction to help preserve this very fragile heritage. The construction of the Pompejanum, between 1840 and 1848, was entrusted to Friedrich von Gärtner, a court architect who was also responsible for numerous buildings in Munich (e.g. the buildings on Ludwigstrasse) and the Royal Palace in Athens, where the Greek Parliament now sits. The architect died in 1847, but did not see the completion of the Pompejanum. Heavily damaged by the bombings of the Second World War, the Pompejanum was rebuilt (partially) until 2002, but the work deliberately retained traces of the destruction as a testimony to its history. Today, one can discover theatriumthe heart of the domus (in a real Roman villa, the atrium is open to the sky), around which are built the cubicula, the bedrooms of the masters and slaves, and two tricilinia A beautiful garden at the foot of the Pompejanum with a fantastic view of Johannisburg Castle.
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