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Stop 5 of 11

House of the Faun

One of the largest houses in town, and home of the Alexander Mosaic.

House of the Faun in the 3D model of Pompeii

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At the doorway, look down. Set into the pavement is the word HAVE, Latin for "welcome". Step inside and you're in one of the largest private houses in Pompeii: nearly three thousand square metres, filling an entire block. It was built in the early second century BC, when Pompeii was still a Samnite town, by one of its richest families.

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