Wall collapse
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From the Guardian: Italy’s culture minister demanded explanations on Sunday after more collapses this weekend in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii raised concerns about the state of one of the world’s most treasured archaeological sites. Pompeii, preserved under ash from a volcanic eruption in 79AD and rediscovered in the 18th century, has been hit…
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Oddly … this doesn’t seem to be getting much press attention. From the English edition of Gazzetta del Sud: A stone wall collapsed at the Pompeii archaeological site on Friday, probably due to the wave of bad weather that is currently battering Italy. The wall was in an area of the site that had been…
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Brief reports filtering in of a beam falling from the ceiling in one of the rooms at the Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii. No reports of actual damage, apparently, other than then beam itself falling. Here’s a few examples (all in Italian, and all with a photo): Pompei, cede trave in Villa Misteri…
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Not sure whether this will make it out of the Italian press … the La Repubblica coverage briefly mentions the collapse of an interior wall of a house without one of those fancy schmancy names in Regio V … the area wasn’t open to the public: Ancora un crollo all’interno degli Scavi di Pompei. L’ennesimo…
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