Posted on 12/24/2011 9:22:05 AM PST by SunkenCiv
A pillar has collapsed at one of Pompeii's most well-preserved buildings, officials in Italy said Thursday, the latest in a series of accidents to befall the treasured archaeological site.
The collapse took place on an external area of the House of Loreius Tiburtinus - also known as the House of Octavius Quartio - the office of Archaeological Heritage of Naples and Pompeii, said in a statement.
Officials were in the process of inspecting the causes and extent of the damage, the statement added.
The House of Loreius Tiburtinus is renowned for its artwork and large gardens.
In October a portion of a wall, situated near Pompeii's Porta di Nola entrance, collapsed due to damage by heavy rainfall.
Late last year, several walls and buildings collapsed at the site. One of these was a frescoed house where gladiators once prepared for combat, the Schola Armaturarum.
Concern has been mounting internationally that not enough is being done to protect Italy's historical sites, as the heavily indebted country struggles to cope with recession and the effects of the global economic crisis.
Once a prosperous Roman city, Pompeii was destroyed in 79 AD by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which killed thousands of people and buried the city in six metres of volcanic ash.
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He may have been non-Roman; three names was part of the whole putting-on-airs characteristic of the three dozen or so patrician families, and caught on later with the middle class.
Man, the things you learn on FreeRepublic!
I tried and tried, but couldn’t come up with a pic of another Pompeiian house; it’s tiny and narrow (must have been the space left between the adjacent homes) but the entire front facade is a grand front door.
Or during.
One pic, with prospects for more?
LOL!
Now there’s a sobering thought.
Sober in Italy?
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