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TOUR OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF NAPLES (POMPEII MUSEUM) + HERCULANEUM RUINS
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DURATION: | 7/8 hours approximately | |
PRICE: | View the price list | |
AVAILABILITY: | All-year-round | |
INCLUDES: | Private English-speaking guide in the museum (for two hours) THE ENTRANCE FEE IS NOT INCLUDED. ADMISSION OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM: ADMISSION OF THE HERCULANEUM RUINS:
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TOUR SCHEDULE: Archaelogical Museum of Naples (POMPEII MUSEUM) & Herculaneum ruins
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| Meeting with our English-speaking driver and his Mercedes car (with air-conditioning) by Your hotel/cruiseship |
| Arrival to Archaelogical Museum of Naples private guided visit of 2 hours with a professional guide |
| 1 hour of free time for lunch - lunch not included |
| Transfer to Herculaneum ruins and private guided visit of 2 hours with a professional guide |
| Back to the hotel/cruiseship |
The construction of large building which houses the Archaeological Museum of Naples began in 1585 when the Spanish viceroy Don Pedro de Giron commissioned the architect G. V. Casale to build a large barracks for the cavalry. The palace was left unfinished and abandoned until the early seventeenth century, when it was completed in 1610 by architect Giulio Cesare Fontana by order of viceroy; Pedro Fernando de Castro, with the intent to host the University.
With the transfer of the University into the San Salvatore building, major renovation and expansion of the building carried out in order to change the ex University into a Museum. Here there are the major archaeological collections that adorned the Roman palaces, and the great archaeological heritage from Herculaneum, Pompeii and other Vesuvian cities.
The ancient city of Herculaneum, already badly damaged by the earthquake of 62, was destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius (79), which covered her with an impressive mass of mud, ash and other materials that, penetrating in every opening, solidifies into a hard and compact layer of 15-20 meters. These special circumstances that led to the burial of Herculaneum, while they have made and still make it very difficult to dig, on the other hand allowed the preservation of highly perishable materials such as papyrus and the same food, sealed in the mud dry. This seal also protected materials such as structural wood. The excavations at Herculaneum and Pompeii with those of Oplontis are included since 1997 in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 2008 they were visited by 264,036 people.
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POMPEII MONUMENT OF THE DAY
Leaving the Forum now and heading along Via del Foro to the corner of Via della Fortuna, we find the Temple of Fortuna Augusta built at the expense of Marcus Tullius, a relative of the famous orator Cicero. This benefactor, an eminent citizen of Pompeii and twice Duumvir in the Augustan age, even went so far as to create the position of minister of the cult. The temple consequently acquired a political connotation, which was spread through the diffusion of the imperial cult. Hence whenever a new emperor succeeded to the throne, the ministers immediately had a statue build and placed in the temple along with a stone slab to commemorate the event. This fairly small bu ... continue
RECIPE OF THE DAY OF THE ANCIENT POMPEII
(Apic. 6, 8, 13) Ingredients:
- 1 whole chicken
- 2 + 1 tbsp liquamen
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 cup white wine
- 5 bunch coriander
- 1 onion
- 3 + ˝ tbsp honey
- 1 cups milk
- 1 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp lovage (or celery)
- 1 tsp oregano
- Flour
- Salt to taste
Instructions:
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Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper and cook in oven, 200° for 70 minutes, adding liquamen, oil, wine, coriander and onion; stir ... continue
FORBIDDEN POMPEII: IMAGES AND NEWS
Love was a common topic of conversation in Pompeii. Feelings, passions, poetic love, sex, homosexuality, prostitution and so forth were all part of daily life and not a source of prejudice. The concept of “obscenity” seems to have been unknown. Love and sex were considered earthly practices of a man’s life that were encouraged by the benevolence of Venus. The thousands of examples of graffiti found on the town’s walls are unequivocal proof of what the people of Pompeii thought about love and sex.