Archaeological Park of Pompeii - Finestre sull'Arte

Pompeii, training internships for student restorers. Convention with Botticino School of Restoration activated.

Activated the agreement for training internships between Archaeological Park of Pompeii, ALES S.P.A. and Valore Italia - Botticino School of Restoration. Field training and direct experience for student restorers: this is the goal of the signed agree...
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Pompeii opens a restaurant in the excavations: can food enhance historical heritage?

Inside the archaeological excavations of Pompeii, the Pompeii Chora Restaurant, a restaurant that has been operating for some time in the Casina dell'Aquila, a 19th-century building located in the center of the archaeological area, was inaugurated. T...
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Pompeii, waiting bench discovered in front of the famous Villa of Mysteries

Recent archaeological investigations in Pompeii have uncovered a find that presents new insights into social and daily life in the ancient Vesuvian city. In the northwestern area of the Villa of the Mysteries, one of the site's best-known residential...
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Pompeii, Scottish tourist hides six stones in backpack. Charged with grand theft

A 51-year-old Scottish tourist was charged with grand theft after being caught with six stones illegally taken from Pompeii Archaeological Park and hidden in his backpack. The seizure was possible thanks to an effective synergy between a tour guide v...
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Roman-era mosaic returned to Pompeii. A Wehrmacht captain donated it to German citizen

The Comando Carabinieri Tutela del Patrimonio Culturale (Carabinieri Cultural Heritage Protection Command ) has returned to Pompeii Archaeological Park a Roman-era mosaic on a travertine slab, datable between the middle of the last century B.C. and t...
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Pompeii, excavations resume at Villa of Mysteries after demolition of illegal construction

Excavations have resumed in Pompeii at the famous Villa of the Mysteries, probably the best-known building at the UNESCO site, located outside the ancient city walls in the direction of Herculaneum. This morning, Archaeological Park Director Gabriel ...
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Pompeii, Hercules' Garden House inaugurated. Philologically reconstructed garden

The Hercules Garden House of Pompeii Archaeological Park, also known as the perfumer's house, in reference to the probable production and marketing of perfumes that took place there, has been inaugurated following a redevelopment and enhancement proj...
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Pompeii, a wall collapses in the Insula Meridionalis during the Phlegraean Fields earthquake swarm

During the earthquake swarm that affected the Phlegraean Fields area this morning, with tremors also felt distinctly in Naples and the Phlegraean hinterland and a maximum magnitude of 3.2, a partial collapse occurred inside thearchaeological area of ...
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