🏺 The Hall of the Augustales in Herculaneum, aka the College of Augustales.

 🏛️🌋The Hall of the Augustales in Herculaneum, aka the College of Augustales. 🎨✨🛌

🏛️  Dedicated to the Imperial Cult, it was covered in a thick layer of mud (like most of Herculaneum) during the eruption Vesuvius in 79 CE and was rediscovered in 1738. 

🛌  It also features a carbonized wooden bed used by the custodian of the building along with many of the wooden beams used to brace the ceiling.

🎨 Even the columns were painted! That’s probably my favorite thing about it. I’m sure no expense was spared to make this building as beautiful and luxurious as possible and was a jewel of Herculaneum in its day.

✨  It's believed that no expense was spared in its construction and decoration, making it a beautiful, luxurious "jewel" of Herculaneum in its day.

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