The Pompeii lupanar as known as Lupanare Grande or also the Purpose-Built Brothel
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Gps Coordinates / 40.750196,14.4867625
Pompei Roman Ruins VR Archeology Great Lupanar
QF2P+4P7 Pompei, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy
19th century guides and historians often refused to examine or discuss the brothels due to their own moral agendas.
Scholars have discovered there to be a great deal of foot traffic around the outside of the brothel.
Gps Coordinates / 40.7503121,14.4868114
The Lupanar of Pompeii is the ruins of a brothel in the Ancient Roman city of Pompeii. It is of particular interest for the erotic paintings on its walls. Lupanar is Latin for "brothel".
Ancient erotic art became a popular mode of study to offer insight into Greco-Roman sexuality, partnership, and power dynamics.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 40.7502689 / Gps Link 40.7502519 / Gps Link 40.7502719 / Gps Link 40.750294
Gps Coordinates / 40.7502689,14.4868667 / 40.7502519,14.4867386 / 40.7502719,14.4867624 / 40.750294,14.4867903
After becoming a Roman Colony, Pompeii was closely associated with Venus a deity of sex and a mythological figure closely tied to prostitution.
It was not until the 20th century that scholars began taking excavations of ancient brothels seriously.
Gps Coordinates / 40.7502823,14.4868393
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The Lupanar (VII, 12, 18–20) is located approximately two blocks east of the forum and near the Stabian Baths at the intersection of Vico del Lupanare and Vico del Balcone Pensile.
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This specific location was considered a popular social hub or a "piazza" based on graffiti that included sports tournament advertisements, political propaganda, and other more colloquial messages.
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Although historians were initially hesitant to provide insight into ancient brothels to the public, the Lupanar is now a widely visited tourist attraction within Pompeii.
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