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VIII.1.4 Pompeii. Former Antiquarium. Opened 1861.

Bombed 1943. Reconstructed 1947. Closed 1976.

Including the Larario dei Pompeianisti which was opened in 1948.

Restoration commenced July 2009. No opening date is yet known.

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Between the Antiquarium and the Porta Marina is the Larario dei Pompeianisti. April 2007. Photo courtesy of Andreas Tschurilow.

Between the Antiquarium and the Porta Marina is the Larario dei Pompeianisti. April 2007.

Photo courtesy of Andreas Tschurilow.

 

Larario dei Pompeianisti. April 2007. Photo courtesy of Andreas Tschurilow. The large white panel at the back is the Forma Urbis Pompeiorum. This is a plan of Pompei cut onto a slab of travertine 5m wide by 2.73m high and was completed in 1947. See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (Page 205).

Larario dei Pompeianisti. April 2007. Photo courtesy of Andreas Tschurilow.

The large white panel at the back is the Forma Urbis Pompeiorum.

This is a plan of Pompei cut onto a slab of travertine 5m wide by 2.73m high and was completed in 1947.

See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (Page 205).

 

Larario dei Pompeianisti. July 2010. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer. The Larario was inaugurated 13th June 1948 with the busts of Fiorelli, Ruggiero and Mau there. Busts of Maiuri and Della Corte were added later. See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (Page 205).

Larario dei Pompeianisti. July 2010. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

The Larario was inaugurated 13th June 1948 with the busts of Fiorelli, Ruggiero and Mau there. 

Busts of Maiuri and Della Corte were added later.

See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (Page 205).

 

Forum. 1910. Bust of Giuseppi Fiorelli, now in the Larario dei Pompeianisti. Photo courtesy of Ross Turner. The bronze bust of Fiorelli was erected in the Forum at Pompeii in 1895, a year before his death. The inscription on the front of the pedestal reads: IOSEPHO FIORELLI DE ANTIQVITA TIBUS POMPEIANIS OPTIME MERITO EX PVBLICO DECRETO CIVES VIVENTI CIVI POSVERVNT MDCCCXCV

Forum. 1910. Bust of Giuseppi Fiorelli, now in the Larario dei Pompeianisti. Photo courtesy of Ross Turner.

The bronze bust of Fiorelli was erected in the Forum at Pompeii in 1895, a year before his death. 

The inscription on the front of the pedestal reads:

 

          IOSEPHO FIORELLI

DE ANTIQVITA TIBUS POMPEIANIS

            OPTIME MERITO

       EX PVBLICO DECRETO

          CIVES VIVENTI CIVI

             POSVERVNT

              MDCCCXCV

 

Forum. Old postcard, date unknown. Bust of Giuseppi Fiorelli, now in the Larario dei Pompeianisti. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Forum. Old postcard, date unknown. Bust of Giuseppi Fiorelli, now in the Larario dei Pompeianisti.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

 

 

 

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