Pompeii building to collapse by Milota Sidorova

This is very bizzare situation. Imagine that Stonehendge would fall and turned into the huge amount of dust and stone. The memorial of the same importance, Italian city of Pompeii have gone through this kind of situation during past days. One of more than 2,000-year-old houses once used by gladiators disintegrated into rubble. The building was used for gladiator training and storing weapons. It eventually survived even WWII when the building was partly destroyed. According to official news it may not be the last one to collapse. For one of the most frequented and visited Italian historical sites it is definitely a bad image, so bad that even President Giorgio Napolitano cal! led it a „disgrace for Italy“. It may point out to low maintenance and technical support in one of the most popular urban skeletons in the world. Pompeii disappeared from the Earth's surface after explosion of nearby Vesuvius volcano about two thousands years ago. Its ressurection meant great attraction not only among academics, but also common people. The situation however may be influenced by another factor. Just like two thousands years ago, the cause of total holocaust was the volcano, this time it may be also taking its part of the play. Some seismological studies the mountain was showing signs of increasing activity that were although invisible for common safety measures, but were hints pointing towards another possible explosion. The concentration of sulphur gases was increasing during past 15 years and according to the lifetime period, the cycle of Vesuvius was around 2,000 years. As for Pomepii, further damage was „inevitable“ said Daniela ! Leone, a spokeswoman for Pompeii's archaeological superintende! nce. Acc ording to Leone the area was just much too large and vast and required intensive maintenance. And though we are speaking about one of the most important reminders of our civilization, the truth is, this memorial is slowly turning into ruins.

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by Milota Sidorova for Cantell TV (http://cantell.tv)

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