Pompeii: the collapse of the Domus Gladiators

Pompei: serious damage to the Italian artistic heritage as a result of a collapse that occurred in the archaeological site of Pompeii where collapsed the entire Domus Gladiators', so named because inside the athletes were training in the ancient Pompeii. The building was kind of a gym where gladiators trained and in which they laid their weapons within a few closets made in the walls. According to reports by the Superintendent, there were also painted on the underside perimeter of the room. The building, which opens on Via Abundance, the main street of the city buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD C., was only open to the outside and was protected by a high wooden gate.
The collapse, according to initial investigations, occurred around 6 am and was noted by the custodians have just arrived at work at about 7.30. The area is currently fenced and can not be accessed. The Domus is on the main street, Abundance, the one most traveled by tourists, in the direction of Port Amphitheater. Prepared an alternative route for many tourists.
THE CAUSE - "Early this morning - explain the custodians - the first collapsed the wall of the Domus, and then, given the weight of the ceiling made with concrete, collapsed the entire Domus of Gladiators. It seems - they say - which have been the infiltration of water to cause the damage. " Even as we learn the causes of the Superintendent of the collapse can be attributed to the rains that have created or infiltration within an existing embankment at the side of the choir, or the weight of the roof of the gym itself. The house, in fact, was bombed during the Second World War and the roof was redone in the '40s and '50s. It is likely - they know the Superintendent - the ancient walls, years later, no longer have withstood the weight of the roof.

In addition to the investigations carried out by the Messenger on the health of the excavations of Pompeii, numerous complaints had been brought out by several politicians on the state of degradation of the archaeological area. "For months we denounce, with articles and searches, the alarming degradation of the excavations of Pompeii. The most serious crash this morning is proof that the Government and the Minister Bondi underestimate the situation and tell, for some time, quite a lot 'of nonsense, "says Luisa Bossa hours , deputy of the Democratic Party and former mayor of Herculaneum. "When we raised the issue of degradation in the ruins - says Bossa - Bondi responded offended and resentful, defending the work of its commissioners. The collapse of the Domus of the gladiators is the dramatic, but inevitable, response to those who think that to govern means to tell a bale a day, attacking those who complain.The Minister should come here and be looking at them with his own eyes. The situation of archaeological sites in Campania is dramatic. "
According to the mayor of Pompeii, Claudio D'Alessio, the collapse of the building was announced, "happens when there is no proper attention and care" for a secular heritage that should be "preserved from all types of stress even air. There is the sorrow of a all community - said D'Alessio - a territory where there is the world's largest outdoor museum which unfortunately is often overlooked. "