Archaeological Park of Pompeii - Finestre sull'Arte

Pompeii, a new permanent path for casts of victims of the Vesuvius eruption

A new exhibit dedicated to the casts of the victims of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. recounts for the first time in an organic way the origin, history and technique of one of Pompeii's most famous and poignant testimonies. The exhibit, wh...
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March 8 in Pompeii: special opening of the women's areas of the baths and itineraries dedicated to cosmetics and ornaments

On the occasion ofMarch 8, International Women's Day, the Pompeii Archaeological Park is offering a series of initiatives dedicated to the world of women in antiquity. For this day, there will be anextraordinary opening of the women's sections of the...
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True provenance of mosaic with erotic scene delivered in 2025 to Pompeii discovered

The mosaic with an erotic scene that had been returned in July 2025 to the Pompeii Archaeological Park did not actually come from the Vesuvian area, but from a Roman villa in the Marche region. The provenance was confirmed by subsequent studies condu...
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Pompeii, tour guides in revolt against the closure of their post in the park

Pompeii 's tour guides are up in arms against the Archaeological Park headed by Gabriel Zuchtriegel following the decision to cancel the guides' permanent post inside the excavations, which had existed for 15 years. According to the guides, the commu...
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Pompeii, ongoing construction site at Villa of Poppea, Torre Annunziata, opens for visits

Theatrical masks, surprisingly vividly colored peacock figures preserved under thick layers of ash and lapilli, tree footprints and exquisite new rooms are emerging from the expansion excavations of the Villa of Poppea, the sumptuous residence tradit...
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Pompeii, thanks to new technologies ancient inscriptions resurface in the theater district

A declaration of love by a woman named Erato, a depiction of a gladiator fight, and many other fragments of daily life fixed on a wall in the theater district of Pompeii Archaeological Park. Tales of love, passions, offenses and sports cheering that ...
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Pompeii, frescoes with peacocks and masks surface in the Villa of Poppaea at Oplontis

An excavation and restoration site of the Villa of Poppea is currently underway at Oplontis-Torre Annunziata, which is particularly involving the famous Hall of the Mask and the Peacock, one of the residence's most refined rooms, decorated in II styl...
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Pompeii recovers a valuable fresco that was in the U.S. in a private collection

A fragment of a fresco from the suburban villa of Civita Giuliana, north of Pompeii, has returned to the availability of Pompeii Archaeological Park after being spotted within a private collection in the United States. The work depicts Hercules as a ...
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