T4 Pompeii. Tower IV.
“Today, the twelve towers built into the Pompeian circuit are in ruins, their tall structures toppled during the earthquake of the 60s CE and the eruption of Vesuvius…………………..
Each tower consisted of three floors supported by barrel vaults and interconnected by means of rear internal stairways. A door in the back provided access to the city side, and one on either flank opened on the wall-walk. A small postern in the ground floor usually opened onto the exterior side of the defences.”
See Van der Graaff, I. (2018). The Fortifications of Pompeii and Ancient Italy. Routledge, (p.71/2). (See p.71-81 – The Towers).
T4 Pompeii. Tower IV. May 2011. Front of tower. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
T4 Pompeii. Tower IV. May 2011. Front of tower with amphitheatre in background right. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Tower IV, and city walls, Pompeii, May 2018. Looking east along city walls towards Tower IV. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Tower IV, Pompeii, May 2018. Looking east to remains of Tower IV. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
T4 Pompeii. Tower IV. June 2012.
Looking north-east along city wall on south-east side of city towards Tower V. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
T4 Pompeii. Tower IV. June 2012. City walls on south side of Pompeii, with Tower IV on right. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
T4 Pompeii. Tower IV. June 2012.
City walls on south side of Pompeii, with Tower IV on right. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
T4 Pompeii. Tower IV. June 2012. Remains of Tower IV on south-east side of city. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
T4 Pompeii. Tower IV. May 2006. Looking north-east.
T4 Pompeii. Tower IV. May 2006. Looking north-east.
T4 Pompeii. Tower IV. December 2005. Looking north-east across front south wall of Tower, with Amphitheatre above.
T4 Pompeii. Tower IV. May 2011. Looking towards west wall of Tower. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
T4 Pompeii. Tower IV. May 2011. Looking towards north-west corner of Tower. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
T4 Pompeii. Tower IV. May 2011.
Looking north along east wall towards north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
T4 Pompeii. Tower IV. May 2011. Looking towards north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
T4 Pompeii. Tower IV. December 2005. Looking across front wall to rear wall with remains of vaulted ceiling.
T4 Pompeii. Tower IV. December 2005. Looking into tower.
T4 Pompeii. Tower IV. May 2011. Looking towards east end. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
T4 Pompeii. Tower IV, on left, Pompeii. 1982 or 1983. Looking north towards city walls, amphitheatre above, and Vesuvius.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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T4 Pompeii. 1968. Looking north-west towards Tower IV, centre, and amphitheatre above. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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T4 Pompeii. 1968.
Looking north to amphitheatre and section of wall between Tower IV, on left, and Tower V, on right. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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T4 Pompeii. December 2005. Looking east from Tower IV with Amphitheatre, above.