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The restored Lupanare returns to its ancient shine
The
Lupanare
in Pompeii was discovered in
1862 and it immediately was
restored; the second time it was restored was in
1949 to repair the damage of the
Second World War. In the year 2000
the infiltrations caused by the bad weather, the structural problems
caused by a great number of visitors, the damages of paintings made
very serious the situation of
the whole building. At the beginning of
2001 a project was prepared for the restoration of it and
it ended just lately.
The project was
prepared for the external and
internal structure with the
various paintings and, obviously, didn’t modify the general aspect
of the building. The damaged parts have been repaired applying
technical
methods similar to those of the Roman epoch.
In order to leave the monument
in its original state (or, for better saying, in the way we have
after so many years) the building was restored only in the necessary
parts. The internal paintings
have been examined in the laboratory and then restored, because one
of the problems of the paintings
is the separation from the walls cause of the damp. Protective
plates inside the building have
been applied to avoid the damage
caused by visitors that, unintentionally, scratch the walls with the
bags; these plates have not been applied
directly on the painting because it need to transpire
otherwise it jeopardizes the state. |
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