 Other notable works of art from the House of Faun include an erotic "Satyr and Nymph" and the fish mosaic, a piece closely resembling other mosaics in Pompeii.The House of the Faun covers nearly 3000 square metres and occupies an entire city block, or "insula".The house is based upon two magnificent colonnaded gardens or "peristyles", one Ionic and the other Doric.