Unfortunately, it is not the first time this has happened, but this time the intensification of controls made it possible to stop the person responsible in the act.
Thus the security and reception staff of the Pompeii Archaeological Park stopped a tourist from Kazakhstan while he was engraving letters on light plaster in the Ceii house, one of the most famous domus in the city. The tourist was reported to the permanent police station near the excavations and will have to answer for the damage caused to the heritage. The restorers and coordination staff are now evaluating the best way to restore the wall.
“An uncivilized act, thanks to the new law wanted by the minister Gennaro Sangiuliano the perpetrator of the crime will have to pay for the restoration of the wall”, underlines the director of the park, Gabriel Zuchtriegel. “Well done to the collaborators of the ministry and the Ales company who intervened promptly. Excellent collaboration with the carabinieri who we thank for their timeliness”. And the head of the Culture Department also intervenes in the case. “Unfortunately, even today – underlines the minister Gennaro Sangiuliano – we find ourselves commenting on an uncivilized and idiotic disfigurement caused to our artistic and cultural heritage. After the Roman domus of the Herculaneum archaeological park was smeared with an indelible marker, this time there is an engraving on the light plaster in the Ceii house in Pompeii. This is a very serious act that will have to be prosecuted severely and, also thanks to the new law that I strongly supported, the perpetrator will be forced to repay the costs of fully restoring the damage caused”. “I thank the workers of MiC and Ales for promptly intervening and the police who immediately stopped the tourist responsible for this vile gesture”, concludes Sangiuliano.
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