Italy tradition minister visits Pompeii for opening.
Pompeii has reopened the Casa dei Vettii, a richly frescoed home owned by two males free of slavery, following a posh 20-year restoration.
The Home of the Vettii was hailed as “the Sistine Chapel of Pompeii” by the director of the archaeological park Gabriel Zuchtriegel on Tuesday, alongside Italy’s tradition minister Gennaro Sangiuliano.
The positioning, which features a backyard with statues and fountains, is famed for its frescoes of mythological scenes and erotic artwork together with an outline of Priapus, god of fertility, with a big phallus balancing on a weighing scales.
Oggi, 10 gennaio 2023 alle 10:00, il Ministro della Cultura, @g_sangiuliano, sarà a @pompeii_sites per la riapertura della Casa dei Vettii.
Interverranno: il Direttore generale Musei del MiC, @MassimoOsanna; il Direttore generale del Parco archeologico di Pompei, @GZuchtriegel. pic.twitter.com/xhYmCGcbDn
— Ministero della Cultura (@MiC_Italia) January 10, 2023
Constructed within the second century BC, the home was named after its house owners Aulus Vettius Conviva and Aulus Vettius Restitutus who grew to become rich by promoting wine after they had been freed.
Regardless of being buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD the home and its frescoes had been properly preserved when the positioning was rediscovered within the late nineteenth century.
Riapre la casa simbolo di Pompei, la casa dei Vettii, che non manca in nessuna guida del sito UNESCO campano e in nessun manuale sull’arte antica, grazie ai suoi straordinari affreschi e alle sculture che adornavano il suo ampio giardino. pic.twitter.com/T1XPugET4x
— Pompeii Websites (@pompeii_sites) January 11, 2023
Cowl picture Luigi Spina – Parco archeologico di Pompei.
