Colonnade and long pool of the Getty Villa, Malibu, CA, surrounded by bronze statues and authentic plantings. The entire Villa, renovated and re-opened in March 2006, is based as nearly as possible on the Villa of the Papiri in Herculaneum. The Herculaneum villa itself is still only partly excavated. - Don Buck (buck)

The peristyle of the renovated Getty Villa. The Villa was built in 1974 in the hills above Malibu, California. Photos by Don Buck, Latin teacher, Hanover NH, USA, July 2006. - Don Buck (buck)

Compluvium above the impluvium near the main entrance to the Getty Villa. - Don Buck (buck)

The colonnade surrounding the long pool. - Don Buck (buck)

The long pool of the Getty Villa. - Don Buck (buck)

The long pool, from inside one of the exhibition rooms. - Don Buck (buck)

The long pool. - Don Buck (buck)

The long pool from the main building's balcony. Getty Villa. - Don Buck (buck)

A new mosaic floor at the Getty Villa, surrounded by a bench in the pool garden. - Don Buck (buck)

The Getty Villa's thick plantings. - Don Buck (buck)

How Mediterranean! But the water barely visible in the distance is the Pacific. (Click on the photo for a blown-up view.) - Don Buck (buck)

The small pool of the Getty Villa, surrounded by bronze statues. These are thought to represent either the Danae or dancers. A set of these statues is in the Naples Archeological Museum. - Don Buck (buck)

The small pool of the Getty Villa, with the "Danae" statues. Second view. - Don Buck (buck)

The new theater adjoining the main building of the Getty Villa. The Villa sponsors performances here. - Don Buck (buck)

The theater, built in a Greek/Roman style but lacking the traditional three houses of a Roman scaena. Second view. - Don Buck (buck)

Looking west from the Villa. The Pacific is a few miles distant. - Don Buck (buck)