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Thursday, April 9, 2015

crown jewel of the ancient city of Pompeii restored

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Italy unveiled the restored crown jewel of the ancient city of Pompeii on Friday, showing off a rare success story as it races to shore up the site marred by such mismanagement and neglect that it risked losing EU funding and its Unesco World Heritage site listing.
Villa of Mysteries, which was destroyed in AD 79 by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii, is a Unesco World Heritage Site and its neglect left Italy at risk of losing EU funding
TELEGRAPH.CO.UK

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