Reopens, the ancient beach of Herculaneum, the first within an archaeological park. The rearrangement of the ancient beach comes at the conclusion of a multi-year journey of multidisciplinary research, archaeological excavation, restoration, engineering and architectural activities. The ancient Herculaneum, a seaside city destroyed by the Vesuvian eruption of 79 A.D., is revived with the final arrangement, in the wake of a design donated by the Packard Humanities Institute as part of a public-private partnership called the "Herculaneum Conservation Project" to restore an image as close as possible to what it looked like before the eruption. Visitors, now, can walk freely over the entire surface and immerse themselves in the magic of the city lapped by the sea. The new arrangement of the entire area of the ancient beach, financed under the CIS Vesuvius Pompeii Naples coordinated managed by the Great Pompeii Unit, will lead in the short term to the enrichment of the experience of visiting the Park and in the medium term to the reunification of the main archaeological area with the Villa of the Papyri, thus drawing a plan of action of broad cultural scope for the coming years and for the future of the Park. In recent decades this area has been progressively affected by corrosion and decay, brought about by a mixture of natural factors related to the conveyance of rainwater and rising water, which had turned the beach into a kind of marsh, with associated flooding hazards and impacts on heritage conservation. Given the complexity of the problems to be addressed, a multidisciplinary approach was adopted to restore the beach to its safety and usability, with the creation of a walkable area and the enhancement of the sea front of the ancient city, offering a completely renewed perception to the visitor of ancient Herculaneum.
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