#cerarsblog about #pompei #takeincharge Unesco has warned Italy that ancient Roman city of Pompeii will be placed on its “World Heritage in Danger” list IN THE NEXT 2 YEARS unless urgent steps are taken to preserve the site: • Water, Sunlight: everywhere --> Water is wreaking havoc on the red frescoes that characterise the house. One section of plaster on the house’s lararium (shrine) has become detached and is in danger of falling off, and another has lost its red hue • Visitor management needs to be improved --> Around 73% of the site remains closed to visitors --> The area open to tourists has been reduced, so visitors are being funnelled into fewer buildings, increasing the likelihood of damage • Administration --> A new special superintendent by PRIME minister Enrico Letta may create another layer of bureaucracy • Staff… needs adequate legal support to do the necessary work • Race to spend €105m until the end of 2015 However the University of Cambridge classicist Mary Beard says: “We are dealing with not very well built structures that sustained a volcanic eruption in AD79 and serious bombing during the Second World War. We can’t expect no deterioration at all.”
Posted on: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 13:22:51 +0000
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