Sunday, October 14, 2018

Pompeii


Pompeii was in the news this week.  

I was pleased to see that a campaign to save the site was begun in 2011.  Sadly it was in response to the collapse of the House of the Gladiators in 2010.  But better late than never.

It would be a shame to lose Pompeii.  It's a magical place. 

Stunning in its size, even though only 2/3 of the site has been excavated.  

It's a complete city -  private homes, stores, public squares and the occasional poor soul.

Apparently the restoration has gone well and by the end of 2017, 37 buildings and streets had been opened/reopened.  

But since the focus has been on preserving rather than finding, a new discovery was unexpected.  

In fact, they were stabilizing the city walls when they found it.

Which brings us back to the big news.  They found a new street with two houses containing some fabulous murals.  One with a couple of snakes.  Looks like a good reason to visit again. :-)

Here's a link to the WSJ article...


And here are some previous Italy blogs...





Ciao
PJ

(c) 2018 PJ Lehrer
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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