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by Silvia Simonetti   The ancient Roman town of Pompeii has recently become very popular. Considering the current critical condition of the historical archaeological site, which is on the verge of collapse, drawing the world's attention towards it could be truly beneficial.   The exhibition "The Last Days of Pompeii", hosted at the Ge...

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The walk to Dario Franceschini's office is in itself testament to Italy's vast heritage. Past countless paintings lining the corridors of the culture ministry, he sits dwarfed by high walls adorned with books. In any other capital, such a scene might seem as if it were put on for guests, but in Rome it feels more as if Italy has simply run out...

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Almost 36 years ago, in 1980, the Irpinia earthquake caused the closing of  Pompeii's Antiquarium and the site's world-renowned archeological museum was forced to lock away in its warehouses its immense treasure made of statues, casts, amphorae, votive ornaments and so on.   A few days ago, all these objects were finally brougth back to ligh...

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May 3, 2016. Tuesday 6:30 PM. The Italian Cultural and Commuity Center - 1101 Milford - Houston, Texas 77006. Join us at the ICCC for a lecture on an overview of the Great Pompeii Project—a special urgent program of conservation, maintenance and restoration launched in 2011 by the Italian government and European Union after...

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Italian Culture Minister Dario Franceschini inaugurated the reopening to the public of Pompeii's Palestra Grande (Large Gymnasium) along with a permanent exposition of frescoes from the nearby town Moregine. The Palaestra is the area that would be used for practising things such as boxing and wrestling.   The Pompeiian Palaestra is loca...

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by Lorenzo Zanini Talking about a "return to the past" at Pompeii may not exactly make sense, because the place itself was frozen in the past by the 79 AD eruption of the Vesuvius volcano. Yet in this case the phrase seems to fit: visitors can now parts of some of the buildings as they were during the daily lives of their wealthy inhabitants...

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CASA ITALIANA HALL & CULTURAL CENTERPresents: A show of ITALIAN SONGS, MUSIC, POETRYSpettacolo Musicale di Canzoni, Musiche, PoesieDirector/Regia by Bruno FUSCO DAL COLOSSEO AL VESUVIO - From the Colosseum To Mt.VesuviusSATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2012 @ 7:30 PMCASA ITALIANA Hall & Cultural Center595 Third Street, NW | Washington, DC 20002METRO...

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Italy unveiled the restored crown jewel of the ancient city of Pompeii on Friday, showing off a rare success story as it races to shore up the site marred by such mismanagement and neglect that it risked losing EU funding and its UNESCO World Heritage site listing.   Culture Minister Dario Franceschini cut the ribbon to open the restored Vil...

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Tuesday, June 07, 2016 Organized by : New Media Film Festival In collaboration with : IIC Entrance : With fee Location:The Landmark Theater, 10850 West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles   This stunning documentary short Pompeii, eternal emotion (2015, 10 min.) by Pappi Corsicato produced by the Campana Region and the Campana Society of Cultural He...

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The finances of the "Great Pompeii Project" are in the black for the first time as of December 31, 2014.   After a number of structures at the ancient Roman site collapsed, prompting an international outcry, and after an extremely slow start to restoration work, finally there's hope that the ancient city will be rebuilt and secured, to prese...

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