The dawn of this 6 November was a rude awakening for the archaeological excavations of the city Pompeii. Dates back to the early morning collapse of the so-called "Domus Gladiator", one of the most popular and newest buildings of ancient Pompeii.
A report the incident has been the custodians of the archaeological excavations that have unearthed what is now no more than a pile of rubble at 7:30 am, just who went to work. Where stood the barracks-filing of young gladiators of Pompeii now you can indeed see a pile of stones collapsed. The Domus of the Gladiators ", whose real name was Schola Armaturarum Juventis Pompey, would have collapsed just at dawn, around 6 am, when nobody, or guardians, or tourists, animated human trafficking that we observe the usual in the capillary system of roads and streets of ancient Pompeii. A fortunate coincidence, as this has avoided big risks for tourists in transit.
The Schola overlooked fact right on Via abundance, the long main road that literally cuts in two the archaeological site along the extension and also represents one of the roads most traveled by tourists, since it gives access to a large number of structures. The building, as reported by the study of archaeologists, was used primarily for armory to store weapons that they used the gladiators, but he also acted as a barracks, gym where the wrestlers were training arena (as the name suggests Schola ) was also visited inside a building, but one could see outside the numerous frescoes, all witnesses to the military character of the building.
The superintendent has decided to close the entrance to the ruins to journalists and the area of \u200b\u200bthe collapse has been cordoned off to carry out the necessary analysis and findings, as well as for tourists has been set aside at habitual diversion of the path the so-called "House of the Chaste Lovers."
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| The Schola Armaturarum Juventis Pompey before and after its collapse. |
There was immediately questioned the causes of the damage. It should be said that an accurate and definitely not yet been accomplished, but it is believed that the greater can be two possible causes. In fact, lead to the collapse could have been the abundant infiltration of water from heavy rains in recent days, but there are some who think the wrong choice of material for the renovation. The Schola previously it had suffered damages because of the bombings dating back to World War II at that time the roof collapsed, which was subsequently rebuilt on the ancient walls, with a material that may have proved too heavy enough to cause the collapse of the structure over time.
Mayor D'Alessio has come out in this regard and spoke of the "Domus of the Gladiators" as a building awaiting renovation to be a long time now. In the eyes of management, therefore, did not escape the urgency of an intervention. But now it's too late, this small and important window on the world of our forefathers is gone forever. And it is curious that a building built two thousand years ago has survived all this time and is then collapsed from causes that could be due to a restructuring of coarse or late.
The event is a real blow for cultural heritage not only of the city, but also for the world, and at least two reasons: first, the Schola one of the last frame of life of our ancestors before the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, the city bury and so it was an object of study more reliable and faithful to the historical reconstruction of the scenarios from the Roman, and secondly the same excavations of Pompeii as a whole are still perhaps the most popular archaeological site and appreciated by historians, archaeologists and tourists for the study of antiquity, given the enormous size of the area and the good state of preservation of the structures that truly embrace each aspect of the lives of Pompeii two thousand years ago.
Already this summer, a controversy had arisen for the renovation of the Grand Theatre, which was the venue for great performances of symphonic music, dance and ballet. The collapse of the Domus of the Gladiators "is merely another case of news related to one of the greatest strengths of Pompei: Everyone knows very well that the archaeological tourism is a major source for the city's economy (and also for his reputation in the world). Who attends the excavations realized right away that they can really meet halfway around the world: Japanese, English, American, French, German thousands ... of tourists a day who make hundreds of miles to see that this is one of the biggest reasons of pride for this city and that, merely as such, should be protected and treated with the utmost care and, above all, the utmost respect in every moment.
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