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November 28 December 7, 2013

From Basauri to Castellammare di Stabia

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Comenius team leftLoiu airport at 06:50a.m. and arrived in

Frankfurt at 09:10 a.m.

Departure fromFrankfurt at 11:30 andarrival to Capodichinoairport at 13:25.

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The most famous of the findings at Stabiae are thevillas that come from the time between the destructionof Stabiae by Sulla in 89 BC and the eruption of MountVesuvius in 79 AD. Stabiae became a resort town andwas particularly favored for its view of the Bay ofNaples and the surrounding mountains. Stabiae wasalso well known for the quality of its spring water,which was believed to have medicinal properties. The

ideal placement and qualities of this location drewmany wealthy Romans to build luxurious villas on theridge overlooking the bay.

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The guide was the archaeologist Paolo Gardeli of RASFoundation (Restoring Ancient Stabiae)

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Visit to villa San Marco This villa, deriving the name from a chapel that existed in its

proximity in the 18th century, was the first one to be explored inthe course of excavations in Bourbon times carried out between1749 and 1754.

One of the largest villas ever discovered in Campania, measuringmore than 11,000 square metres, it has an atrium, a courtyardcontaining a pool, a triclinium with views of the bay, and aperistyle, a colonnaded courtyard. There are also many othersmall rooms, a kitchen and two internal gardens. Villa San Marcoalso has a private bath complex that is made up of

a calidarium, tepidarium, and a frigidarium. This villa is alsoimportant because it has provided frescoes, sculptures, mosaicsand architecture, which show styles and themes comparable tothose found in Pompeii and Herculaneum.

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Villa San Marco: atrium, mosaics and private baths.

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Villa San Marco Atrium

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Villa San Marco: mosaics and private baths.

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Villa San Marco: perystile and frescoes.

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Villa S. Marco: perystile Villa S. Marco: frescoes

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Villa San Marco: view of mount Vesubius and the gateof ancient Stabiae.

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Visit to villa Arianna. Named for the frescodepicting Dionysus saving Ariadne from the island ofNaxos, this villa is particularly famous for its frescoes, manyof which depict light, winged figures. It is difficult to get aclear sense of this villa, however, because it grew over thecourse of 150 years. It has one of the largest courtyards ofany Roman villa; measuring two stadia in length. Anotherfeature of Villa Arianna is its private tunnel system thatlinks the villa in its location on the ridge to the sea shore,

which was probably only between 100 and 200 metres awayfrom the bottom of the hill in Roman times. The shorelinehas since changed, leaving the archaeological site furtherinland than it was in antiquity.

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Villa Arianna: Flora, the best known painting

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Villa Arianna: the fresco depicting Dionysus saving Ariadna

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Villa Arianna: atrium with frescoes

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Villa Arianna: pumice stone from the eruption of Mount Vesubius

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