House of the Prince of Naples, Pompeii

The House of the Prince of Naples is a Roman domus located in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii near Naples, Italy [1]. The structure is so named because the Prince and Princess of Naples attended a ceremonial excavation of selected rooms there in 1898 [1]. The house is painted throughout in the Pompeian Fourth Style and is valued because its decoration is all of a single style and single period, unlike many others that are often a mix of styles from different periods [1]. It is located in Regio VI, Insula XV of the city [1]. The house was formed from two earlier houses being joined together [1]. The rear part of the domus consists of richly decorated rooms around the portico and the central garden [1]. The initial excavation began in October 1896 after the entrances were discovered following the excavation of the expansive House of the Vettii [1]. The house was originally constructed during the limestone period (3rd century BC) since the entrance consists entirely of opus incertum with cruma and lava [1].