A Napoli It was inaugurated the Vesuvius National Park Museum, a structure that will be connected to the network of the main Vesuvian attractions: Antiquarium of Boscoreale, crater of Vesuvius, excavations of Pompeii, excavations of Herculaneum, museum seat of the Vesuvian Observatory and the MAV Virtual Museum of Herculaneum. The latter is in charge of the management of the Museum.
The Vesuvius National Park Museum: the structure
There are three structures that make up the Museum. The exhibition center it consists of three large rooms set up with illustrative panels, multimedia equipment, display cases, dioramas, videos and interactive games. Its main theme is the description of the Vesuvian soil, of the events that generate its transformation into humus, of its link with the vegetable and animal environment, and with man. Inside there is also a Multimedia Center consisting of four rooms. More panels and multimedia installations that describe some aspects of life and nutrition in the Vesuvius area before 79 AD. The structure was created to investigate the change in the Vesuvius area.
Also present a large Auditorium of 1.300 square meters, capable of hosting 324 spectators. A 25-minute film is being shown, entitled “Pompeii Stories in History” against the backdrop of a virtual reconstruction of ancient Pompeii. Finally there is the uncovered Arena, located between the auditorium and the exhibition center. Equipped with a projector and a motorized screen for evening projections, it can accommodate up to 350 spectators. In addition to the three main structures, there is also a bookshop and the headquarters of the Boscoreale Park Carabinieri Department.
The words of the Governor De Luca
These are the words of the president of the Campania Region Vincenzo De Luca: “The museum is not an isolated intervention: it is a piece of a great cultural, touristic, environmental and economic recovery plan for the whole Vesuvian area. The Vesuvius National Park Museum, together with the Virtual Archaeological Museum (MAV), another jewel of the territory, must be one of the strengths of the tourist and cultural revival of our region. Within 10 km we have the highest concentration of archaeological assets in the world. If all we have here - continued De Luca - had it been in France or Germany they would have built something unimaginable between Pompeii, Herculaneum, Boscoreale, Torre del Greco, Portici. A little further up, Campi Flegrei, Baia, the submerged city. We have unique things in the world that we have not been able to fully exploit ”.
The new Museum is part of a vast project that involves the construction of the new cable car on Vesuvius planned by the EAV. Also planned is a floral park and the construction of a large urban park that reaches the sea from Pompeii using the old railway network with also cycle paths. The goal is to create a great element of enhancement and tourist attraction of the whole Vesuvian area.
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