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Subject: Report of the joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS reactive

monitoring mission to the World Heritage property
"Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre
Annunziata"

Dear Ambassador,

Please find enclosed the report of the joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS
reactive monitoring mission to the World Heritage property "Archaeological Areas
of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata".

Your authorities may wish to provide factual comments on the reactive monitoring
mission report at your earliest convenience.

May I take this opportunity to thank you for your cooperation and your support in
the implementation of the World Heritage Convention.

Please accept, dear Ambassador, the assurances of my highest consideration.

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Kishore Rao
Director
World Heritage Centre

Annex I

cc: National Commission of Italy for UNESCO

National Focal Point for World Heritage
ICOMOS international
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75352 Paris 07 SP, France
Tel. : +33 (0)1 45 68 14 40
Fax. : +33 (0}1 45 68 55 70

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 REPORT ON THE MISSION TO THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS OF
POMPEI, HERCULANEUM AND TORRE ANNUNZIATA (C829), ITALY
FROM 8 TO 12 NOVEMBER, 2014

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 BACKGROUND TO THE MISSION

1.1 Inscription history

1.2 Outstanding Universal Value

1.3 Authenticity and Integrity issues raised in the ICOMOS evaluation report at time of
inscription

1.4 Examination of the State of Conservation by the World Heritage Committee and its
Bureau

1.5 Justification of the mission

2 NATIONAL POLICIES FOR THE PRESERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF

THE WORLD HERITAGE PROPERTY

2.1 Heritage legislation

2.2 Institutional framework

2.3 Management structure

3 IDENTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT OF ISSUES / THREATS

3.1 Management effectiveness

3.2 Nature and extent of threats to the property, taking into consideration the values for
which the property was inscribed and specific issues outlined by the World Heritage
Committee

3.3 Positive or negative developments in the conservation of the property since the last
report to the World Heritage Committee

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3.4 Information on any threat or damage to or loss of Outstanding Universal Value,
integrity and/or authenticity for which the property was inscribed

4 ASSESSMENT OF THE STATE OF CONSERVATION OF THE PROPERTY

4.1 Review whether the Outstanding Universal Value, on the basis of which the property
was inscribed on the World Heritage List, and the conditions of integrity are being
maintained

4.2 Review any follow-up measures to previous decisions of the World Heritage
Committee on the state of conservation of the property and measures which the State Party
plans to take to protect the Outstanding Universal Value of the property

5 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

5.1 Recommendations for any additional action to be taken by the State Party, including
draft recommendations to the World Heritage Committee

5.2 Whenever further action is needed, clear benchmarks indicating the corrective
measures to be taken in order to achieve significant improvement of the state of
conservation and a timeframe within which the benchmarks will have to be met

5.3 Recommendation as to whether the level of threats to the property warrants the
property being placed on or removed of the List of World Heritage in Danger

6 PUBLICATIONS

7 ANNEXES

1 Terms of reference

2 Composition of mission team and programme

3 Decisions of the World Heritage Committee

8 PLATES

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The members of the mission express their gratitude to the Ambassador of Italy to
UNESCO, the representatives of the Ministry for Culture and the Soprintendenze for their
welcome and support, which considerably facilitated the work of the mission. We are
grateful to Francesca Riccio, representing the UNESCO Office of the Ministry for her
support. Special thanks go to Grete Stefani, the archaeological director at Pompei, and her
staff for looking after us and accompanying us during site visits and answering endless
questions so frankly. Special thanks also to Adele Lagi and Antonella Bonini of the World
Heritage Office within the Superintendency for their support and assistance throughout the
mission. We are very grateful to Massimo Osanna, Superintendent of the property, and
General Nistri, Director General of the Grande Progetto Pompei, for their help.

We also thank warmly all those others listed in Annex 2 who took the trouble to meet us
and explain their views.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS

A joint ICOMOS-UNESCO reactive monitoring mission took place from 8th to 12th
November, 2014, as follow-up to the 2010/11 and 2013 missions. The mission this time
focused very much on Pompei. It was not possible to visit either Herculaneum or Torre
Annunziata because of time constraints.

The mission inspected the Pompei component of the property and had a number of
meetings. Overall, it is clear that a large number of the initiatives reported previously are
now being implemented. Substantial amounts of conservation work are being carried out
on site mainly as part of the Grande Progetto Pompei but also as part of the normal
maintenance programme. Works are now in hand on nine of the 13 houses identified as
being at risk in 2013. Additional professional resources have been provided by Invitalia
and additional custody staff by ALES, both of which are government-sponsored
companies.

The site management has been reorganised so that a special autonomous Superintendency
has been created for Pompei, Herculaneum and Stabiae. This means that it can concentrate
its efforts on the Vesuvian monuments and not have to deal also with the Naples National
Museum and all the other archaeological sites of the Naples Province.

A draft Management Plan for the World Heritage property has been produced and an
English abstract was submitted to UNESCO, as were proposals for the creation of a large
buffer zone surrounding the whole World Heritage property and extending inland as far as
the boundaries of the Vesuvian National Park. The World Heritage Committee considered
the proposals for the enlarged buffer zone in 2014 and have asked for more information on
the buffer zone proposals.. Further work is needed on these initiatives to make them
effective and fit-for-purpose.

The mission welcomed this progress and considers that there is no longer any question of
placing the property on the World Heritage in Danger List. However the mission wishes to
draw the attention of the World Heritage Committee to certain factors.

The excellent progress being made is the result of ad hoc arrangements and special
funding. The underlying causes of decay and collapse, common to all archaeological ruins,
will remain after the end of the GPP, as will the impacts of heavy visitation of the property.

It is essential therefore that the Italian state party should seek ways to ensure that adequate
resources, human and financial, are available to ensure that the property is adequately
resourced for the foreseeable future to deal with the ongoing needs of conservation and
visitor management. If this is not done, then the structural failures leading to collapses will
recur. Also, access to the property would be restricted to relatively few houses and areas.
Widening access will lessen wear and tear on heavily-visited parts of the property, by

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distributing visitors more widely. It will also enrich the experience of visitors by enabling
them to see more of the property.

It is also essential that the Management Plan is completed and implemented, and that it is
used as a tool for effective cooperation with the surrounding communes to protect the
attributes of Outstanding Universal Value of the property, such as the visual linkages with
Mount Vesuvius, from inappropriate development in the buffer zone. More work is also
needed to ensure that the legal system underpinning the proposed buffer zone is properly
enforced.

The mission also noted the ongoing impact on the property of legal actions. It has not been
possible to conserve the Schola Armataturam because it is still regarded as a crime scene,
while completion of the major storage building outside the Porta Nola is stalled because of
legal enquiries. The Italian government is urged to do all it can to resolve such issues.

The mission therefore recommends that the state party:

1. Considers whether the programme of the GPP can be extended after the end of
2015 in order to allow adequate supervision of the work being carried out on site;

2. Makes a careful assessment of the resources, professional and financial, needed to

maintain the improved conditions of conservation of the property in the future after
the end of the GPP, and to complete any outstanding work after the project’s
completion, and ensures that the necessary resources are provided;

3. Does all it can to resolve the legal issues preventing necessary works at Pompei;

4. Ensures that adequate resources are provided for the conservation work needed at
Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata as well as at Pompei;

5. Develops adequate monitoring indicators of the state of conservation of the

property as a secure basis for planning and resourcing future work; this should be
done as part of the development of the Management Plan;

6. Linked to such a monitoring system, carries out on a regular basis (for example,
every five years on a rolling basis) a condition survey of the whole property, to
identify necessary work and to programme it;

7. Monitors carefully the results of the drainage work in Regions III and IX of
Pompei, and, if these are positive, develops a similar programme for the
unexcavated parts of Regions IV and V, and possibly also in Region I;

8. Develops access to the property in ways which minimise any adverse impacts of
excessive visiting;

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9. Makes permanent the additional wardening resources being provided temporarily
by ALES and integrates them into the regular system for opening the property on a
permanent basis;

10. Improves and, by careful design, makes less obtrusive the arrangements for
disabled access;

11. Completes and implements the Management Plan as a matter of urgency, taking
into account the comments made by the mission and by ICOMOS;

12. Re-submits as soon as possible the proposals for a buffer zone for the whole
property, taking into account the recommendations in the World Heritage
Committee decision 38 COM 8B.51;

13. Monitors regularly the effectiveness of the implementation of the Management

Plan, once it is agreed;

14. Monitors, in cooperation with all relevant stakeholders, the effectiveness of the
buffer zone in regulating development which could impact on the Outstanding
Universal Value of the property;

15. Submits by 1st December 2016 a report on the implementation of these

recommendations, and on the state of conservation of the World Heritage property
of the Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata, for
consideration by the World Heritage Committee at its 41st session.

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1 BACKGROUND TO THE MISSION

1.1 Inscription history

Nomination dossiers were submitted by the Italian Government for Pompei and
Herculaneum in May 1996 and for Torre Annunziata (often known as the Oplontis Villa)
in June 1997. The nominations were evaluated by ICOMOS in 1997 and the property was
inscribed on the World Heritage List by the World Heritage Committee at its 21 st session
(Naples, 1997).

1.2 Outstanding Universal Value

The State Party justified the property’s Outstanding Universal Value as

Pompeii is the only Roman city to be preserved in such an exceptional way.

Pompeii shows the visitor a full picture of a Roman town from the First century
B.C. until the First Century A.D., in all of its aspects: urban, architectural,
decorative, etc.

Herculaneum was constructed on a promontory overlooking the Gulf of Naples. In

the city, which has an orthogonal plan, 7 insulae have been excavated. They are
rich in houses decorated with highly refined wall paintings and marble pavements,
such as the House of the Stags, the House of the Mosaic Atrium, The House of the
Bicentenary and the House of the Wooden Partition. Several public buildings have
also been discovered, such as the Central Baths, the Suburban Baths, the College of
the Priests of Augustus, the Palaestra and the Theatre. The presence, in numerous
houses, of furniture in carbonised wood due to the effects of the eruption is
characteristic of Herculaneum.

The Villa of Poppea is preserved in an exceptional way and is one of the best
examples of a residential Roman villa. The Villa of Cassius Tertius is one of the
best examples of a Roman villa rustica.

ICOMOS advised that:

Owing to their having been suddenly and swiftly overwhelmed by debris from the
eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79, the ruins of the two towns of Pompei and
Herculaneum are unparalleled anywhere in the world for their completeness and
extent. They provide a vivid and comprehensive picture of Roman life at one
precise moment in time.

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 Recommendation: That this property be inscribed on the World Heritage List on the
basis of criteria iii, iv, and v:

The impressive remains of the towns of Pompei and Herculaneum and their
associated villas, buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79, provide a complete
and vivid picture of society and daily life at a specific moment in the past that is
without parallel anywhere in the world

The World Heritage Committee inscribed the property on the World Heritage List under
criteria iii, iv and v, considering that the impressive remains of the towns of Pompei and
Herculaneum and their associated villas, buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79,
provide a complete and vivid picture of society and daily life at a specific moment in the
past that is without parallel anywhere in the world.

A draft retrospective Statement of Outstanding Universal Value has been submitted and is
under evaluation. The 2013 Mission considered that a number of changes needed to be
made, particularly with regard to integrity and legal protection and management of the
property (see Annex 4 of the 2013 Mission report for suggested amendments).

1.3 Authenticity and Integrity issues raised in the ICOMOS evaluation report at time of
inscription

ICOMOS considered in 1997 that despite the nature and quality of earlier restoration work,
the authenticity of both properties was very high. This view applied to both the individual
components and the ancient urban fabric.

ICOMOS noted that there was at that time no management plan sensu stricto, although
conservation and restoration activities were programmed. ICOMOS hoped that the
funding required for the preparation of a management plan would be made available with
the minimum delay.

ICOMOS also recommended that the boundaries of the nominated property should be
extended to include, inter alia, the Villa of Papyri and the Theatre at Herculaneum. The
2013 mission recommended that the State Party should consider making a minor
modification to the boundary of the property to ensure that the mapped areas do actually
contain the known remains of the Theatre and the Villa of Papyri and also to include the
excavated area between the Villa and the main site at Herculaneum. The state party made
proposals for this and for a buffer zone and these were referred back by the World Heritage
Committee for further consideration (WHC-14/ 38 COM 8B.51).

It is recommended that the state party should resubmit these proposals in accordance with
the Committee’s decision.

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1.4 Examination of the State of Conservation by the World Heritage Committee and its
Bureau

The property was the subject of a Periodic Report by the State Party in 2006, which judged
the state of conservation to be good. Following the collapse of the Schola Armaturarum in
2010, the Committee considered the report of the first reactive monitoring mission at its
35th Session. Its decision (WHC-10/ 35 COM 7B 96) can be found in Annex 3. A further
mission was sent in 2013.

The Committee noted its great concern at the condition of the property and considered that
it might be necessary to inscribe the property on the List of World Heritage in Danger at its
37th Session in 2013. The Committee also asked the State Party to review the management
plan, ensure that there were adequate qualified staff and contractors for the restoration and
maintenance of the property, design and install effective drainage schemes, develop and
implement monitoring measures including updating the Geographical Information System
for Pompei, and to identify and secure the required financial resources. The Committee
also regretted that a large concrete building was being constructed north of the Porta di
Nola at Pompei and asked the State Party to inform the World Heritage Centre regularly
and in due time about building projects in the vicinity of the property in accordance with
Paragraph 172 of the Operational Guidelines. The state party were asked to invite a further
mission during 2012 to assess the progress made.

Following further collapses, the Committee decided at its 36th Session to express its
concern with regard to the state of conservation of the property and urged the state party to
intensify its efforts towards implementing the Committee’s previous decision (WHC-11/
36COM 7.C).

Following the 2013 Reactive Monitoring Mission, the Committee (37 COM 7B.77) noted
the numerous initiatives put in place by the State Party, including the “Great Pompeii
Project”, supported by the European Commission, and the “Towards a system of
Governance” project, requested the state party to implement the recommendations of the
mission, in particular to finalize the new management plan, with the involvement of all the
authorities in charge at different levels, different stakeholders and the community,
including in it a public use plan and a risk management plan, as well as provisions to
regulate and control development at the vicinity of the property; to ensure, through the new
management plan, that adequate qualified staff, contractors and funds are allocated for the
supervision and maintenance of the site; to submit officially the proposal of the new buffer
zone to the World Heritage Centre; and to monitor closely the quality of work in the
interventions to be done in the framework of the “Great Pompeii Project” and the daily
maintenance of the site.

The state party was asked to inform the World Heritage Centre regularly and in due time
about any project planned in accordance with Paragraph 172 of the Operational Guidelines
and was further requested to invite a joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS reactive

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monitoring mission in 2014-2015 in order to assess the progress achieved in implementing
the measures outlined above. The State Party was requested to submit a progress report to
the World Heritage Centre by 1 February 2014, and an updated report on the state of
conservation of the property and the implementation of the above by 1 February 2015, for
examination by the World Heritage Committee at its 39th session in 2015, with a view to
considering, in the absence of substantial progress, the possible inscription of the property
on the List of World Heritage in Danger.

The state party submitted the second Periodic Report on the property in July 2014. This
identified significant threats as being the effects of transport infrastructure, air and water
pollution, solid waste, wind, relative humidity, radiation/light, dust, the impact of water,
micro-organisms, and tourism impact. The state party said that there is an adequate legal
framework for protecting the Outstanding Universal Value in both property and its buffer
zone, but that there were some deficiencies in the enforcement of the legislation. A visitor
centre and site museum are still required. Monitoring indicators are still needed.

1.5 Justification of the mission (terms of reference, itinerary, programme and

composition of mission team provided in Annexes 1)

The principal objectives of the mission were to report on the state of conservation of the
property, to review progress on the recommendations of previous missions and Committee
decisions, and to note any new damage.

Because of the limited time available, and the need to focus on the serious issues at
Pompei, it was not possible on this occasion to visit Herculaneum or Torre Annunziata.
This report deals primarily with the Pompei component of the property.

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2 NATIONAL POLICY FOR THE PRESERVATION AND MANAGEMENT
OF THE WORLD HERITAGE PROPERTY

2.1 Heritage legislation

All three parts of the property belong to the State. As part of the cultural and
archaeological heritage, the property is under the state protection regulations (Legislative
Decree 2 January 2004, no.42 Cultural Heritage and Landscape Code). The property has
also benefitted from the provisions of Legislative Decree no.77 of 2006 which provided
funding for the development of management plans for World Heritage properties in Italy.

2.2 Institutional framework

From 1998 the property was managed by the Archaeological Superintendency of Pompei
on behalf of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities (MIBACT). This had, as
have its successors, “scientific, organisational, administrative and financial autonomy”. In
April 2008 this was succeeded by the Special Superintendency for the Archaeological
Heritage of Naples and Pompei which, in addition to the Vesuvian monuments (Pompei,
Herculaneum, Torre Annunziata, Stabiae and Boscoreale), was also responsible for the
National Archaeological Museum of Naples and all archaeological sites in the Province of
Naples including the Islands of Capri and Ischia. From July 2008 to July 2010 Pompei
was declared to be in a state of emergency and managed by a Special Commissioner.

The Superintendency was reorganised in 2014 to cover Pompei, Herculaneum and Stabiae,
and a new Superintendent, Massimo Osanna, was appointed. Alongside the
Superintendency, a new organisation has been set up to deliver the Grande Progetto
Pompei (GPP) headed by a General of Caribinieri, Giovanni Nistri. This organisation,
which uses professional staff employed by the Superintendency, will exist for the duration
of the GPP, due to be completed at the end of December 2015.

The Superintendent himself is legally responsible for all activities and work on site. There
is a Technical Office at Pompei covering all the sites. There is a Conservation Office
which deals with the conservation of wall paintings, plaster and mosaics at Pompei.
Herculaneum and Stabiae have their own Conservation Offices. Each of Pompei,
Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata is managed by an Archaeological Director who reports
to the Superintendent. There is a records office at Boscoreale covering the Vesuvian
monuments.

The Ministry of Culture in Rome meets staff costs. All ticket revenue from the sites within
the Superintendency is retained and spent on their conservation and improvement. The
Superintendent redistributes the income from the various sites in accordance with the
necessity of carrying out works.

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The staffing structure is very rigid in that all staff are employed by the state and their jobs
are secure until retirement age. The 2013 Mission noted that the Ministry had granted to
Pompei an additional 13 archaeologists, eight architects and one administrative post to
provide the necessary professional support for the GPP. The mission also noted the
absence of some professional skills such as engineering, and an acute need to provide
additional guardians on site to provide security and enable more of it to be opened to the
public.

Additional support has been provided through two government corporations. Invitalia is
providing professional services such as engineering. Arte Lavori e Servizii (ALES)
provides guardians for archaeological sites and has appointed 30 staff to work at Pompei.
There is no guarantee that the support provided by Invitalia and ALES will continue after
the end of the GPP in December 2015.

Finally, a permanent World Heritage Office within the Pompei Superintendency has been
established during 2014. This office is staffed by one archaeologist from MIBACT in
Rome and by an archaeologist and architect from the GPP staff. Its primary function is to
develop and implement the World Heritage Management Plan and to monitor that
implementation. The Office provides the Permanent Secretariat for the Management Plan.
Part of its role is to facilitate relationships between the different parts of the World
Heritage property and the territories outside it, and to deal with the outside world on behalf
of the Superintendency. It is therefore also responsible for developing proposals for the
buffer zone. It will hold periodic meetings with the different municipalities and
stakeholders, including commercial interests such as hotels.

Overall, the provision of additional resources is a positive development. However, as with

previous missions, we are concerned that there is no guarantee that all of these resources
will continue to be available once the GPP is completed. Long term organisational
stability and adequate resourcing is essential if the property is to be adequately maintained
in the future.

2.3 Management structure

The management structure has been outlined above.

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3 IDENTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT OF ISSUES / THREATS

3.1 Management effectiveness

Previous missions have noted that management of sites of the size and complexity of
Pompei is always challenging. They also commented on the commitment and expertise of
the professional staff and noted that the condition of much of the property was good. Since
2013, the responsibilities of the Special Superintendency have been changed so that it now
deals with just the Vesuvian monuments. This is beneficial since it will enable the new
Superintendent to focus more clearly on the needs of Pompei and the other Vesuvian
monuments, rather than being distracted by the needs of the monuments of the whole of the
Bay of Naples.

The mission also welcomes the additional human resources provided to the World Heritage
property. In addition to the 23 archaeologists and 8 architects who had already been added
to the staff at the time of the 2013 mission, the Superintendency has now also been
reinforced by the provision of further professional staff by Invitalia and of custodians by
ALES. A separate office has been set up under General Nistri to manage the GPP though
this draws very much on the staff of the Superintendency to be effective. Finally, a World
Heritage Office has been created within the Superintendency to deal particularly with the
Management Plan and the external linkages of the property.

This last is a permanent addition to resources, which we welcome. The GPP office and the
staff provided by Invitalia and ALES are not permanent and there is no guarantee that they
will be continued after the end of the GPP.

It is also a weakness that the staff provided by ALES are restricted to staffing specific
houses and do not seem to be integrated in any way with the normal guardians for the
property. This inflexibility lessens the overall effectiveness of the arrangement.

The immediate gains in effectiveness of these changes are obvious. Much conservation
and other work is now ongoing on site which is alleviating many of the issues flagged up
in previous reports. More of the property is now accessible to the public on a more regular
basis. The mission welcomes these positive changes. We are however concerned that the
increase in resources may only be short-term. If, for example, the support of ALES does
not continue after the end of 2015, then the accessibility of many houses will be lessened.
We are also concerned that it has not been possible to integrate such additional resources
into the overall structure to give more flexibility in their use. We believe that it is essential
that the state party makes these additions to resources permanent in order to maintain
improvements in effectiveness after the end of the GPP.

Finally, we note again our concern on the effectiveness of the management of the property
of continuing legal action. Our attention was drawn to a number of examples of this. It is
still not possible to have access or carry out work to the Schola Armatururam because it is

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regarded as a crime scene. Work on the still incomplete massive store building outside the
Porta Nola is stopped for legal reasons (see 3.2 D1 below). The Casina del Aquila cannot
open as a restaurant because of contractual disputes (see 3.2 D4 below) and the same is
true of the museum that should be sited in the Antiquarium (see 3.2 D2 below).

3.2 Nature and extent of threats to the property, taking into consideration the
Outstanding Universal Value for which the property was inscribed and specific
issues outlined by the World Heritage Committee

The following section describes the various risks and types of damage affecting the
property and also provides an update on actions taken since the last mission in 2013.
Plates 1 – 33 in Section 8 illustrate this section. To avoid unnecessary overlap and
repetition, this section also covers positive and negative developments since the last report
to the World Heritage Committee in 2013.

A - Problèmes généraux

A1 – Sécurité du site

Une vive campagne de la presse italienne, dénonçant les crolli multiples sur le site, attire
également l’attention sur les faiblesses du gardiennage et de la protection périphérique de
Pompéi. Nous avons pu faire le tour complet du site pour constater qu’une haute clôture,
présentant par endroits des signes de faiblesse et de vétusté, le ceinturait sur les secteurs
ouest, nord et est. La limite méridionale, réalisée naturellement par la falaise marquant
l’extrémité de la coulée de lave préhistorique portant Pompéi, assure une excellente
protection doublée, le long de la route conduisant à la ville moderne, la via Plinio, par une
ancienne clôture. Un réseau de télécaméras installées en hauteur sur des pylones (Plate 1),
dont le champ de vision assure (théoriquement) une continuité, envoie des images à un
poste de contrôle occupant un bureau de la surintendance. La surveillance des écrans est
(théoriquement) permanente. Doublant ces caméras, des projecteurs doivent permettre la
vision nocturne du même parcours. Sur les maisons en cours de restauration, et fermées au
public, mais où officie du personnel extérieur, des vidéocaméras, alimentées par des
panneaux solaires, fonctionnent également en permanence.

Le personnel et les véhicules de chantier des entreprises extérieures impliqués sur le site,
entrent par un portail ouvrant sur la via Plinio, où ils doivent s’enregistrer (non vérifié).

Le nombre de visiteurs, s’est très sensiblement accru par rapport aux années précédentes
(Conséquence de la campagne de presse alarmante engendrant une inquiétude de voir
Pompéi détruite dans un délai bref ?), le comptage arrêté au début de Novembre 2014
révèle 2.480.000 entrées, ce qui laisse promettre 2.500.000 visiteurs à la fin de l’année.
(chiffres de 2012 : 2.352.189 – chiffres de 2013 : 2.443.332).

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Il est assuré que l’érosion touristique constitue un risque permanent et très difficilement
maîtrisable dans les rues et, surtout, à l’intérieur des maisons (Plate 2). A ce risque
s’ajoute, celui plus aisément contrôlable, des destructions et vols.

Si les dalles de lave des chaussées sont pratiquement à l’abri de toute usure, il n’en va pas
de même des trottoirs et des sols intérieurs. Pour la plupart, les trottoirs ont perdu leur
revêtement en opus signinum originel (un béton de mortier mêlé d’éclats de céramique et
de marbre ou de pierre blanche). Cette usure a mis gravement à découvert les canalisations
de plomb provisoires posées en urgence après le séisme de l’an 62, lesquelles disparaissent
progressivement. Plusieurs réfections, trop peu nombreuses, ont été réalisées en remettant
en place un béton analogue au modèle originel, notamment via di Mercurio.

La surveillance interne de l’ensemble du site est assurée par les gardiens titulaires, répartis
en trois tournées par 24 heures, comptant chacune 25 gardiens. Ce chiffre apparaît comme
dérisoire si l’on songe à l’étendue de Pompéi et au nombre de rues et ruelles qui recèlent
1.435 maisons dégagées. Les horaires en sont les suivants : 1ère : 7h à 13h, 2ème : 13h à
19h et 3ème : 19h à 7h du matin suivant. Le nombre de postes titulaires ne s’étant pas accru,
afin de répondre aux demandes pressantes de la précédente mission, la surintendance a
engagé sur contrat limité, 30 gardiens, fournis par une entreprise extérieure (ALES – see p.
xx). Ces gardiens, jeunes pour la plupart, sont plus particulièrement affectés, durant les
heures d’ouverture du site, à la surveillance des maisons spécifiques ouvertes au public, les
autres édifices ne font pas l’objet d’une surveillance particulière. On peut signaler, en leur
faveur, que ces gardiens, tous jeunes gens et jeunes filles, font preuve d’une excellente
conscience professionnelle, sont bilingues, s’efforcent de communiquer avec les visiteurs
et demeurent effectivement en permanence au poste qui leur est attribué. On ne saurait en
dire autant, hélas, des gardiens titulaires.

Toutefois, cette situation, nécessairement provisoire, n’assure qu’une présence; ces

gardiens occasionnels, malgré leur bonne volonté, ne sont pas en mesure de remplir un rôle
pédagogique minimum. Or, l’absence de bornes d’information laisse le visiteur démuni
d’explications qui rendraient leur parcours véritablement pédagogique. Il est très
souhaitable, que des gardiens, formés à l’histoire de Pompéi et au fonctionnement de la
domus et des édifices publics, soient recrutés sur des postes titulaires. Notre rapport de
2013, avait chiffré à 240 le nombre nécessaire de gardiens titulaires pour assurer à la fois la
surveillance du site et donner aux visiteurs un minimum d’informations archéologiques.

Afin de faciliter la visite des handicapés, des rampes métalliques ont été installées en
plusieurs points de la cité, devant permettre aux fauteuils roulants d’accéder aux trottoirs.
Ces aménagements, parfaitement justifiés, constituent un impact visuel particulièrement
négatif. Il serait judicieux de les remplacer par de discrètes rampes de bois ou de
maçonnerie, analogues aux «bateaux», des cités modernes.

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Enfin, pour la sécurité des personnes et des biens, comme il a été dit plus haut, le poste de
garde de la piazza Esedra est occupé en permanence par deux brigadiers du corps des
carabiniers, eux-même en relation avec les pompiers et les secours médicaux.

La gestion archéologique, non pas tant pour l’étude et la publication des édifices, que pour
le suivi des restaurations, est désormais assuré par des postes nouveaux, soit 8 architectes
et 23 archéologues. Toutefois, l’une de ces nouvelles recrues nous a confié qu’il ne
s’agissait pas de créations fléchées sur Pompéi, mais de ponctions opérées au bénéfice de
Pompéi sur la dotation nationale. Il reste à espérer que ces nominations ne soient pas
retirées au site après un temps estimé suffisant pour conduire les remises en état, mais
qu’ils soient titularisés à demeure. On note également l’attribution d’un nouveau poste
administratif.

Si l’on résume les acquis et projets fixés par le nouveau surintendant Massimo Osanna,
autres que les chantiers de restauration, inclus dans le Grande Progetto Pompei (GPP), on
peut les intituler comme suit :

1 – Plan de sécurité
- Couverture Wifi
- Balisage interne
- Nouvelle clôture plus efficace, sur l’entière périphérie
- Amplification de la vidéosurveillance
- Modernisation de l’illumination nocturne périmétrale

2 – Plan des connaissances

- Cours de formation pour les gardiens
- Diagnostic et balisage
- Restitution des principales fresque transportées à Naples, remplacées à leur emplacement
originel par des images numérisées
- Aménagement de l’ancienne maison de la surintendance (via Consolare) en laboratoire
d’étude des matières organiques anciennes identifiées à Pompéi.
- Projet d’exposition au Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli: Storiografia della vita
moderna di Pompei dal 1748 ad oggi.

3 – Pompéi pour tous

- Aménagement pour les handicapés d’un itinéraire privilégié depuis l’amphithéâtre
jusqu’à la via dei sepolcri. Sur cet itinéraire, restauration privilégiée de tous les témoins de
la ville antique propre à une bonne lecture du site, tels que: espace du forum, trottoirs,
chaussées, fontaines, façades des maisons, installations spécifiques des commerces
(tabarnae). Réactivation du théâtre comme lieu de spectacles.

Il est assuré que la volonté de la surintendance est sincère et que de telles ambitions
répondent parfaitement aux souhaits émis dans nos rapports. Une réponse de certitude
repose sur la réalité d’un délai, en rapport avec le long terme nécessaire, lui-même

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subordonné au financement incontournable d’actions qui, jusqu’à présent, n’étaient pas
programmées sur le site de Pompéi.

A2 - Drainage

Drainage of rain water has been identified as a major problem for the conservation of
Pompei. This has two major impacts on the property.

Generally, the fall in level from the northern to the southern side of the town is
considerable (40m fall in level along the 700m of the Via Stabiae). In heavy rainstorms,
therefore, the north-south streets become, in effect, raging torrents, since they are currently
de facto the major drainage system (Plate 3).

Secondly, the unexcavated parts of the site, which are, of course, at a much higher level
than the excavated areas, absorb large quantities of water when it rains. This then drains
out around the sides of the excavated areas, composed largely of excavated and conserved
structures. These structures are then de-stabilised over time by this water flow. This has
been a major factor in a number of collapses, including that of the Schola Armatutarum.
This problem is most acute in the north and east of the city. Most of Region V and all of
Region IV, except for the house fronts along the Via di Nola on its southern edge are
unexcavated. Between the Via di Nola and the Via dell’ Abbondanza, the whole of Region
III, except for the buildings along the Via dell’ Abbondanza, and most of the adjoining
Region IX are unexcavated. Parts of Region I, on the south side of the city are also
unexcavated.

The long term intention of the Superintendency is to make use of the Canal di Sarno (Sarno
Channel) as the major drainage means for the property. This is a (mainly) underground
channel built in 1594 by the architect Domenico Fontana to carry water from the River
Sarno to mills at Torre Annunziata. It is 2m wide and 2m deep, running altogether for
some 21kms. It crosses Pompei from east to west, reaching a depth of 16m below the
Forum and is already used to some extent for drainage.

The GPP includes a major scheme to drain Regions III and IX into the Sarno Channel.
This scheme will create a network of drainage at the base of the topsoil of this area,
currently used for agriculture. As far as possible the drains are being laid along the lines of
ancient streets following archaeological excavation of the routes, since archaeology
survives to a high level within the lava flows. Work has commenced and this scheme
should be completed in 2015. The water, once collected, will drain by gravity into the
Sarno Channel just north of the Via dell’ Abbondanza just inside the Porta Sarno. The
unexcavated areas of Regions III and IX will then cease to be used for agriculture and will
be made accessible to the public through a network of paths.

If successful, this scheme will greatly alleviate the water and drainage problems on the site.

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It will not however deal with the drainage of Regions IV and V or of Region I. This will
need to be carefully monitored and dealt with by a similar scheme in the future, if this
proves to be necessary. Further work may also be necessary in the southern part of the
town.

A3 – Management Plan

Previous missions have commented on the need for an effective and operating
Management Plan for the property since the existing Management Plan of 2010 and its
supplement appeared to be not in use. Following the 2010/11 mission, MIBACT and the
UNESCO World Heritage Centre made an agreement to collaborate on the implementation
of the World Heritage Committee decision and the recommendations of the mission. A
key element of this agreement was to draw up a new Management Plan for the property,
including a Public Use Plan and a Risk Management Plan, along with policies to regulate
and control development in the surrounding area, and also to identify a system for
sustainable management of the property to ensure its conservation.

An English summary of the draft Management Plan was submitted to the World Heritage
Centre in January 2014 and was passed to ICOMOS for comment. The mission was
provided with a copy of this Summary. The mission welcomes the progress on the
development of the Management Plan but considers that further work is needed to produce
an effective plan, capable of being implemented. The summary reads more as a context for
the Management plan and what it will achieve rather than being a summary of the actual
plan. Key issues for further consideration, which includes comments by ICOMOS, are:

1. The Management Plan should contain, as a basis of management, an adequate

definition of the property’s attributes, based on the draft Statement of Outstanding
Universal Value but also taking into account the site’s other values;.
2. Parts of Chapter 2 such as section 2.2 seem to be missing;
3. The issues affecting the three components of the property - Pompei, Herculaneum,
and Torre Annunziata - need to be more clearly defined and differentiated;
4. The issues, threats and opportunities for the property should be identified in each of
the thematic chapters on conservation, public use, disaster risk management,
governance and monitoring;
5. The chapter on conservation needs to contain an overall assessment of the state of
conservation of the three components of the property, and also to assess the threats
and risks to the archaeology and buildings;
6. The chapter on disaster risk management focuses almost entirely on volcanic
eruption. This is clearly the risk likely to cause the most damage, but the chapter
should also deal with other risks such as earthquake, effects of severe weather,
local flooding, lack of maintenance, etc., some of which may be more likely to
occur;

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 7. The monitoring measures in Chapter 9 are almost entirely measuring progress with
the plan. This is important but it is also essential that there should be measures of
the actual state of conservation of the property and the condition of structures
within it, as well as of the condition of the buffer zone;
8. Except for Chapter 4 (Public Use), and brief references in Section 9.4, there are no
statements of the policies and priorities for the future management of the property;
section 9.4 should be developed as a stand-alone chapter with much more detail not
just on policies and priorities but also on actions to implement them over the
lifetime of the Plan. Overall, there needs to be a clearer idea of the goals of the plan
in terms of how much might be achieved over its five year period, and the resources
and commitments needed;
9. The specific needs of the three components of the property - Pompei,
Herculaneum, and Torre Annunziata – need to be more clearly differentiated;
10. Extracts of relevant policies from other Plans such as those listed in the
introduction of Chapter 2 need to be included in the Plan or its appendices;

It may be that some of these issues are covered in the full Italian text which we have not
seen, but they need to be covered also in this English summary, or a full translation of the
whole draft needs to be provided for evaluation by ICOMOS.

A4 – Buffer Zone

Previous missions have commented on the need to protect the setting of the property,
particularly with regard to the visual links between it and Vesuvius. The World Heritage
Committee requested the State Party to submit proposals for an adequate buffer zone by 1
February 2014 (Decision 37 COM 7B.77). This was done.

Having considered the proposed buffer zone, the Committee referred it back to the State
Party to:
1. Further explain the rationale for the delineation of the boundaries of the
buffer zone, in particular with regard to the protection of the visual links of
the inscribed property with Mount Vesuvius,
2. Provide further detailed information on how the different levels of
protection in force within the area work in practice to protect the inscribed
property and the buffer zone,
3. Describe in detail what are the management arrangements for the buffer
zone, with regard to urban development in the area and specifically as to
how the views from and towards Mount Vesuvius and the inscribed
property are protected.
The mission discussed what was now needed with the World Heritage team at Pompei
responsible for the development of the buffer zone proposals.

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We were told that the purpose of the buffer zone is to provide protection of the setting of
the World Heritage property over a wide area between the sea and the boundary of the
Mount Vesuvius National Park which has its own strict protection. This covers the
territories of nine communes, eight in the province of Naples, and the ninth in the province
of Salerno. The Landscape Plan of the Vesuvian Municipalities already covers the area of
the eight communes in the Naples Province, and the Territorial Plan of the Sorrento
Peninsula the area in that province. The Landscape Plan was drawn up by MIBACT in
1994 when the Campanian Region had not done so. It zones the entire area according to
quite detailed rules for each zone. The zones include areas where no new private building
is permitted.

We were advised that all building proposals in the area of the Landscape Plan should be
referred to the Ministry, not the Region, and that each application must have the comment
of the Superintendent. In the case of a disagreement on an application between the
Superintendent and the commune, the opinion of the former should be decisive. In theory,
therefore, adequate protection already exists but in practice the whole region is under
heavy development pressure and examples of inappropriate development can be seen.

It is to be hoped that the management arrangements set out in the draft Management Plan
(see previous section) will lead to more effective application of the policies of the
Landscape Plan. As part of the management system, a concordat has been agreed with all
the communes in the buffer zone and all participate in the coordinating committee to a
greater or lesser extent. The effectiveness of the buffer zone will depend on the
willingness of the municipalities and the region to make it work, and this will need to be
clearly monitored.

B – Etat des 13 maisons en péril signalées sur le précédent rapport

B1 – Casa di Adone Ferito ( Regione VI, insula 7, numero 18) (Plate 4)

Aucune restauration entreprise dans cette domus. Le toit en auvent de la grande
fresque d’Adonis, s’il remédie aux effets direct de la pluie, n’assure toujours pas de réelle
protection surtout contre les effets néfastes du soleil.
La fresque de IVe style d’une remarquable finesse, de la pièce en regard, n’est
toujours pas protégée contre la pluie battante, ni contre les remontées d’humidité dans la
maçonnerie.
Fermée au public.

B2- Casa degli Amanti (I, 10, 11) Plate 5

La forêt d’étais, déjà vieillie, est toujours en place dans l’atrium et sous le portique
du péristyle. Il semble que l’ampleur du programme de restauration, comparable à celui de
la maison des Vettii, ait contraint la surintendance à faire des choix. Le chantier de la
maison des Amants exigeant un très important budget, sa programmation n’est pas encore
inscrite au calendrier des travaux lourds.

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 Fermée au public.

B3 – Casa dell’Ara Massima (VI, 16, 15) (Plate 6)

Grâce au nettoyage de la canalisation de vidange antique conduisant sur la chaussée
les eaux accumulées dans le bassin de l’atrium, les effets néfastes de l’humidité accumulée
dans ce volume ont pratiquement disparu. Toutefois, la dégradation engendrée par cette
agression de longue durée, essentiellement sur les fresques, demande une campagne
importante de restauration.
Ouverte au public, un gardien permanent.

B4 – Casa del Efebo (I, 7, 11) Plates 7 - 9

Visite commentée par Marialaura Iadanza, archéologue de la surintendance. Le
chantier de restauration de l’architecture, demandé dans notre premier rapport (2010-
2011), était commencé lors de notre visite de Janvier 2013 ; il est actuellement interompu.
Les travaux concernant le gros œuvre, sont achevés sur la moitié de l’édifice. Il convient
d’initier la poursuite de la restauration des structures et de réfection du reste des toitures,
dont l’extrême dégradation engendre des dommages considérables sur les fresques. De
même, les sols (mosaïques et opus sectile) et les fresques, attendent une campagne de
restauration. Il serait navrant que ce chantier majeur demeure sans suite, en raison, nous a-
t-on dit, de l’état de santé de l’architecte.
Fermée au public.

B5 – Casa delle Nozze d’Argento (V, 1, i) (Plate 10)

Ouverture d’un chantier de restauration de l’architecture. Compte tenu de sa très
récente ouverture, ce chantier n’a pas encore de bilan à établir. Les travaux sont très limités
et centrés sur le secteur de l’installation balnéaire domestique. Les dommages essentiels
notés dans nos deux précédents rapports restent encore à traiter.
Fermée au public.

B6 – Casa delle Pareti Rosse ( VIII, 5, 37) (Plate 11)

Architecte, Carmela Mazza, archéologue Sara Masseroli. Le chantier de
restauration de l’architecture (murs et toitures) et des enduits non décorés est achevé. En
attente la restauration des enduits peints et fresques du laraire et des chambres à parois
rouges.
La mise en sécurité de cette maison pour le long terme, est particulièrement
exemplaire du travail que peuvent fournir les archéologues, architectes et techniciens
travaillant pour la surintendance. Il faut toutefois attirer l’attention sur la durée (deux ans)
de la remise en état d’une domus de moyenne étendue, afin de la rendre visitable en toute
sécurité.
Fermée au public

B7 – Schola Armaturarum (III, 3, 3)

Le tribunal ayant maintenu la mise sous séquestre de cet édifice qui s’est écroulé en
Novembre 2010, seule la masse importante de décombres a pu être retirée. Toutefois les

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restaurations extrêmement importantes nécessaires ne sont, pour des raisons, nous a-t-on
affirmé, juridiques, pas encore possibles.
Secteur de la via dell’Abbondanza fermée au public.

B8 – Casa del Sacello Iliaco (I, 6, 4)

La fresque particulièrement fine, dite « de la frise d’armes », du cubiculum g (sud-
est), dégradée et partiellement tombée depuis des années, a enfin reçu les restaurations
d’urgence indispensables. En attente : le sol de la pièce de la mégalographie des éléphants.
Partiellement ouverte au public.

B9 – Casa di Siricus (VII, 1, 25-47) (Plates 12 – 15)

Architecte Annamaria Mauro, archéologue Annalisa Capurso. Compte tenu de
l’ampleur des dommages subis par cette demeure, il convient de noter le travail absolument
considérable entrepris sous la direction de ces deux personnes attachées à la surintendance.
Les effondrements de murs sont totalement restaurés, qui plus est, en faisant apparaître des
éléments nouveaux non perçus. Le chantier se poursuit et devrait occuper encore toute
l’année 2015.
Fermée au public.

B10 – Casa di Trebius Valens (III, 2, 1) (Plate 16)

Suite à nos observations et demandes, la pergola du péristyle protégeant le
triclinium estival, et le mur de fond de cet édicule, ont été placés sur étais afin de prévenir
un effondrement imminent. Toutefois, le chantier de restauration n’est pas encore
commencé.
Fermée au public.

B11 – Casa dei Vettii (VI, 15, 1) (Plates 17 – 18)

Architecte Stefania Argenti, archéologue Fabio Galeandro.
Le chantier de restauration de cette riche domus, autrefois la plus visitée de Pompéi
mais fermée depuis 2003, avait en 2013 achevé les travaux des maçonneries et de la toiture
de l’atrium. L’architecture du péristyle, particulièrement des toitures du portique, devrait
faire l’objet de la prochaine tranche de travaux. Les travaux d’étude de restauration des
fresques ont débuté dans le courant de 2014, et n’en sont actuellement qu’aux phases
préliminaires de recherche et d’expérimentation de procédés nouveaux de nettoyage (voir :
villa des Mystères). Malgré la déclaration optimiste du surintendant, il est très peu
probable que l’ouverture au public puisse se faire en 2015.
Fermée au public.

B12 – Villa dei Misteri (Plates 19 – 20)

Importante campagne d’étude de l’état des fresques, coordonnée par Grete Stefani,
directrice de fouilles de Pompéi, et restauration des revêtements, fresques et mosaïques,
sous l’autorité de StefanoVanacore, directeur du laboratoire de restauration à la
surintendance.

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 La présence d’une pellicule de cire, apposée à l’époque moderne, en guise de
protection et d’activation des couleurs en surface des fresques, a conduit, dans un premier
temps, à la recherche de procédés de nettoyage sans risque pour la couche pigmentée.
Deux méthodes ont été mises en oeuvre sur des surfaces restreintes. 1 – Usage d’un solvant
dégraissant de matière organique, le trichloréthylène (trielina). 2 – Recours au laser, dont la
puissance doit être très soigneusement maîtrisée ; procédé, jusqu’à présent utilisé pour
nettoyer la surface des pierres, et avec lequel de bons résultats ont été obtenus à Pompéi
sur des mosaïques. Le choix définitif sera arrêté après un temps d’évaluation, autorisant
l’usage de ces méthodes sans conséquences négatives.
Restauration des volets de bois protégeant la salle des Mystères. Enfin,
conséquence de la chute d’un chevron, la réfection de la charpente du péristyle est
programmée.
Il est prévu pour l’ensemble de cette demeure, un budget de 900.000 euros
Partiellement ouverte au public.

B13 - Casa del Labirinto (VI, 11, 10)

Pas de travaux particuliers, programmation à venir.
Fermée au public.

C – Nouveaux chantiers visités

C1 – Casa degli Amorini Dorati (VI, 16, 7) (Plate 21)

Chantier de restauration achevé ayant permis la remise en état de l’architecture, du
jardin du péristyle et des revêtements. Travail abouti et de grande qualité, comparable aux
résultats obtenus à la maison delle pareti rosse.
Ouverte au public.

C2 – Casa di Arianna (VII, 4, 5)

Dans cette demeure les travaux d’étude et de restauration des fresques ont été
entrepris par une équipe espagnole : l’Instituto Valenciano de Conservacion de Bienes
Culturales. Dir. Carmen Pérez Garcia.
Fermée au public.

C3 – Casa dei Ceii (I, 6, 15) (Plates 22 – 23)

Cloison de l’escalier renforcée provisoirement par une armature de bois. Le
dommage majeur de cette demeure affecte la grande fresque de la chasse décorant le mur
de fond du jardin. Cette scène grandiose (la plus étendue de Pompéi avec celle de Lucretius
Fronto) est en peu de temps devenu pratiquement illisible.
Ouverte au public.

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C4 – Casa del Criptoportico ( I, 6, 2) (Plates 24 – 26)
Cette demeure, établie sur deux niveaux, a vu s’achever en 2014, le long chantier de
restauration conduit par l’architecte Maria Previti. C’est le premier des grands chantiers
programmés par le GPP, qui est arrivé à son terme. Budget de 304 000 euros.
Les travaux ont porté sur quatre points principaux :
1 – Confortement des structures des deux niveaux avec restauration des toitures.
2 – Restitution évoquée des volumes originels, sous la forme de cintres de bois
rappelant les voûtes en grande partie effondrées. Ces voûtes auraient parfaitement pu être
restaurées. Remontage partiel de maçonneries dans un matériau distinct de l’originel. Ce
travail qui, au nom de la franchise des restauration, tranche avec excès sur la maçonnerie
de l’édifice, gâte fâcheusement l’aspect de cette maison.
3 – Edification d’une passerelle de bois permettant la vision de l’installation
balnéaire.
4 – Nettoyage et présentation claire du jardin en terrasse dominant l’étage bas.
Malheureusement le traitement navrant des toitures donne à l’édifice l’aspect d’un hangar
agricole.
Fermée au public.

C5 – Casa dei Dioscuri ( VI, 9, 6)

Architecte Stefania Argenti, archéologue Fabio Galeandro.
Remplacement programmé de la toiture. Dans le jardin du péristyle, intéressant
dégagement d’une fosse antique d’extinction de chaux grasse, destinée au travaux de
restauration entraînés par le séisme de l’an 62.
Fermée au public.

C6 – Casa del Marinaio (VII, 15, 2) (Plate 27)

Architecte Bruno de Nigris, archéologue Sara Masseroli
Restauration générale de la maison, avec dans un premier temps, les structures et
les enduits. Les sols de mosaïque sont totalement revêtus d’un plancher protecteur.
Parallèlement fouille du jardin en terrasse dont seuls les murs périphériques étaient connus.
Un chantier minutieux et exhaustif qui se prolongera certainement au-delà de 2015.
Fermée au public.

C7 – Casa di Obellius Firmus (IX, 14, 4)

Bon exemple de restauration aussi discrète qu’efficace. Les maçonneries confortées
et remontées ne font pas apparaître de distinction choquante entre secteurs anciens et
secteurs reconstruits, tout en permettant, avec une simple lecture des parements, les limites
des structures antiques. Seule intrusion moderne dans les murs : l’appui sur le faîtage des
murs, des poteaux métalliques supportant les plans de couverture. Toutefois cet appui, avec
une part d’encastrement, permet d’éviter l’écueil navrant d’une structure moderne adossée
aux murs antiques.
Fermée au public.

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C8 – Casa di Paquius Proculus (I, 7, 1) (Plates 28 – 30)
Architecte Vega Ingravallo, archéologue Marialaura Iadanza, direction de la
restauration des mosaïques Stefano Vanacore.
Le grand tapis de mosaïque qui couvre la totalité de l’atrium toscan, le plus riche de
Pompéi, le seuil et les fauces de cette demeure, fait l’objet d’une campagne exhaustive de
restauration. Des secteurs expérimentaux ont déjà reçu un nettoyage à l’aide d’un laser. A
l’avenir, le cheminement des visiteurs se fera sur un sol légèrement surélevé longeant les
murs, laissant la majeure partie des surfaces visibles et exemptes de piétinement.
L’ensemble des enduits et fresques est en cours de recollage par injections à la
seringue et lisière de mortier à la chaux, avant de recevoir un nettoyage de surface.
La couverture de l’atrium a été reconstruite en reprenant comme support, par
économie, l’ancienne charpente de béton armé, restaurée. Ce choix ne semble pas le plus
heureux si l’on rappelle les dégradations constatées dans ce type de structures
excessivement lourdes, édifiées il y a une cinquantaine d’années avec un béton mal dosé,
constituant des sources majeures de destruction et d’effondrement lors de secousses
sismiques ou de faiblesse en raison d’une surcharge dans les structures porteuses. On peut
y ajouter la consternante médiocrité visuelle d’une telle « charpente » qui n’est plus qu’un
simulacre. Le choix d’une charpente en bois traité, qui répond complètement à la demande,
comme on l’a effectué à la maison des Vettii est, bien évidemment, celui qu’il conviendrait
d’adopter. Heureusement, les autres charpentes, plafonds et toitures du portique,
reconstruits ex nihilo, ont effectivement fait appel au bois.
Fermée au public.

C9 – Casa del Poeta Tragico (VI, 8, 3-5)

Achèvement de la restauration de la célèbre mosaïque de seuil « cave canem »,
installation d’un filet anti-oiseaux sur l’ouverture zénithale du petit péristyle.
Partiellement ouverte au public.

C10 - Casa del sacerdos Amandus (I, 7 , 7)

Réfection en bois de la charpente du péristyle et pose d’une toiture de tuiles à
l’antique. Protection d’une section d’enduit peint. Insertion d’une feuille de plomb à la
base du mur ouest du vestibulum. Reconstruction d’une voûte du triclinium.
Fermée au public.

C11 - Casa anonima (VI, 5, 14) (Plate 31)

Restauration et exhaussement de toutes les maçonneries. Restauration des enduits.
Bon exemple d’une opération exhaustive de restauration d’une maison ne possédant aucun
élément spectaculaire, ni peinture, ni sculpture, ni mosaïque, mais qui doit, et fait l’objet de
soins équivalent à ceux accordés aux autres édifices.
Fermée au public.

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C12 – Casa anonima (VII, 15, 16)
Pose d’étais sous les linteaux, et de cintres de renfort sous les salles voûtées, fouille
et dégagement d’une petite boulangerie.
Fermée au public.

D - Dossiers sans réponse

D1 – Deposito archeologico Porta di Nola (Plate 32)

Cette énorme édifice de béton armé parasismique, nommé dans la presse italienne il
bunker, édifié lors de la première visite de 2010, mais non vue par les missionnaires qui
n’en ont eu connaissance que par voie de presse, a été prévu pour abriter les réserves
archéologiques de Pompéi, un laboratoire de recherche et de restauration et des expositions
ouvertes au public. L’implantation, derrière le rempart au-delà de la porta di Nola, s’est
faite en ménageant, dans le tumulus de déblai provenant des fouilles du XIXe s., une ample
cavité dans lequel l’édifice fut bâti, et dans laquelle il sera enseveli après achèvement, de
façon à demeurer pratiquement invisible. Un cheminement devra conduire à une porte
d’entrée, ouverte en partie haute, pour l’accès piéton et celui du public. Un second accès,
de service, est prévu au niveau bas face à la ligne de la Circumvesuviana.
Le chantier, toutefois, qui se limite à l’essentiel du gros-œuvre de la construction,
est arrêté depuis trois ans. Les explications fournies en 2013, lors de notre découverte,
grâce à la presse, de cet impressionnant monument, invoquaient une « mise sous séquestre
du tribunal, pour non conformité des nouvelles règles ». Cette année, l’explication de cet
immobilisme réside(rait) dans la nécessité de réunir un collettivo di 20 persone
rappresentante della giustizia, dell’ingegneria e del finanziamento. Ce collectif doit
révoquer complètement les accords passés par l’ancien commissaire extraordinaire
Marcello Fiori, étroit collaborateur de Silvio Berlusconi, qui pilotait cette entreprise, et qui
avait réuni une commissione di collaudo, une « commission d’agrément » de trois
personnes, dénuée de toute existence légale, juridique ou technique, cause de la mise sous
séquestre de l’édifice.
Il est apparu impossible aux missionnaires d’obtenir une réponse plus claire.
Le coût de cet édifice inutilisé se monte actuellement à 4.950.000 euros.
L’achèvement de ce complexe (achèvement du gros-œuvre, couvrement, second œuvre,
aménagements spécifiques) est estimé à 4.500.000 euros (informations orales, non
vérifiées), chiffre de toute évidence très éloigné de la réalité. Par ailleurs, malgré notre
demande, nous n’avons pas obtenu de plan de l’édifice et de ses abords.
Certes, les membres de la commission reconnaissent que cet énorme édifice
n’appartient aucunement au patrimoine et semble, en conséquence, échapper à leur
autorité, mais font valoir que :
1 – Son emprise occupe une importante surface de la zone inscrite, sans que la
tutelle, l’UNESCO, n’en ait eu connaissance.
2 – Que les sommes considérables dégagées et à venir, sont autant de ponctions sur
les indispensables et prioritaires travaux de restauration et de présentation de la ville
antique de Pompéi.

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 3 – Que le programme de cet édifice fait (ferait) double emploi avec celui de
l’Antiquarium, devant inclure un département de réserves et un laboratoire de restauration,
et dont le chantier est terminé (cf. ci-après).

D2 – Antiquarium
La rénovation complète de l’ancien musée de site, installé Porta Marina, en
contrebas de la terrasse du temple de Vénus, était terminée lors de notre mission de
Décembre 2010. L’édifice nous fut présenté par le directeur des fouilles Antonio Varone.
Ce complément indispensable à une visite pédagogique de Pompéi, n’est toujours ni
installé, ni ouvert. L’explication fournie n’est guère rassurante. L’ancien commissaire
Marcello Fiori, avait signé un contrat d’exploitation du musée avec une entreprise privée.
Ce contrat fut dénoncé par la surintendance et le Ministère des Biens Culturels, le
MiBACT. L’entreprise a déposé une plainte pour faire valoir ses droits. L’édifice est donc
sous séquestre. Aucun calendrier n’a été annoncé.

D3 – Les serpents verts (Plate 33)

A l’entrée Piazza Anfiteatro, le commissaire Fiori a fait construire une très
coûteuse (2 millions d’euros, chiffre non vérifié) structure d’accueil des visiteurs, sous la
forme de deux amples tuyaux (tunnels ?) à armature d’acier et de verre (vert) semi-
circulaires, dénommés par la presse « il Serpentone », dont la forme insolite et l’extrême
température qui y règne durant l’été (effet de serre), rendent l’usage impossible, à moins de
frais élevés, dont une très coûteuse climatisation et la réalisation d’un mobilier spécifique
adapté à leur géométrie toute en courbes. Sans usage à ce jour.

D4 – Casina dell’ Aquila

Cette grande et belle maison du XIXe s., dominant la via dell’Abbondanza, fut
entièrement restaurée par la surintendance et devait être destinée à abriter un restaurant-
cafeteria à l’usage des visiteurs. L’attribution du contrat étant entaché de combinaison
illégale, l’édifice est, lui aussi, sous séquestre et sans usage actuel depuis notre premier
passage.

D5 – Teatro Grande
Les dommages, qui semblent irréversibles, provoqués au théâtre de Pompéi sur
initiative du commissaire Fiori, signalés dans notre précédent rapport, ne sauraient trouver
de remède que dans une solution coûteuse. Nous suggérons à la surintendance, plutôt que
de retirer les installations de béton et de tuf brun, de poser sur ces malencontreux
simulacres de gradins, des plaques de travertin reproduisant les gradins authentiques
demeurés en place sur une partie de la cavea.
On ne saurait mieux résumer les énormes difficultés rencontrées par les
responsables de la surintendance de Pompéi, qu’en citant le texte (Il Mattino, 10 Juin 2014)
se rapportant précisément, aux agissements abusifs sur le théâtre du commissaire Fiori, en
poste d’Août 2008 à Juillet 2010, sans qu’il soit nécessaire, ni de notre autorité, de les
commenter :

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 « L’ex commissario straordinario Marcello Fiori, l’imprenditrice Annamaria
Caccavo e gli altri cinque indagati, sono stati rinviati a giudizio dal gup al tribunale di
Torre Annunziata, Antonello Anzalve, per i lavori al Teatro grande degli scavi di
Pompei ».

Sur ces différents aménagements, théoriquement destinés aux visiteurs du site, les
membres de la mission ne peuvent, comme pour le bâtiment de la Porta di Nola, que
regretter des investissements, pesants et actuellement stériles, ayant privé Pompéi de
subsides précieux.

Bilan

Les missionnaires doivent, en premier lieu, rappeler qu’un budget de 105.000.000

d’euros a été accordé en faveur du plan dénommé GPP, Grande Progetto Pompei, et que
cette somme objectivement en rapport avec l’ampleur des travaux à entreprendre, doit être
engagée avant la fin de 2015.
La présente mission a constaté, durant les quatre jours de visite attentive, un
changement profond dans le comportement de la nouvelle surintendance de Pompéi. En
effet, au cours des deux précédentes missions, les propos entendus correspondaient
essentiellement à des intentions, et de fait, nous n’avions pas constaté, entre 2010 et 2013,
de réelles modifications dans l’état des lieux. Nous avons pu vérifier que cette année, une
activité aussi efficace que sagement programmée, s’était installée en de nombreux points
du site exigeant une intervention rapide. C’est ainsi que sur les treize maisons que nous
avions déclarées en état de péril dans le précédant rapport, neuf faisaient désormais l’objet
d’interventions allant dans le sens demandé, parmi lesquelles deux avaient reçu un
traitement aussi rapide qu’exemplaire en dépit de dommages sérieux et d’un traitement
difficile (domus delle Parete rosse et domus di Siricus). Ces réalisations montrent
clairement que lorsqu’une programmation est correctement établie, le budget efficacement
dirigé et le personnel qualifié disponible, les travaux de restauration et de présentation
pédagogique d’une maison, si endommagée soit-elle, deviennent possibles dans des délais
raisonnables.
La visite de 12 autres maisons, désormais bénéficiant de travaux actifs de
restauration, a encore renforcé ce constat. Nous avions, en effet, demandé à la
surintendance de ne pas limiter à la liste établie en 2013 les interventions rendues possibles
par la mise en route du GPP. Dans ces maisons également, les travaux sont conduits avec
une chronologie soigneusement programmée, débutant par le confortement et la
restauration des structures et se poursuivant par les éléments de décor, enduits et
mosaïques. C’est ainsi que la surintendance a pu ouvrir au public des demeures aussi riches
que la casa degli Amorini Dorati, qui est l’une des très grandes réussites de ce nouveau
courant digne d’encouragements, la casa del Poeta Tragico, la casa del Ara Massima ou
celle de Lucretius Fronto.
Il ne faudrait toutefois pas croire que les délais de remise en état peuvent être
toujours brefs. La visite de quatre édifices majeurs, la villa des Mystères, la casa delle

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Nozze d’Argento, la casa di Paquius Proculus et la casa dei Vettii, ont clairement démontré
que la mise hors d’eau, la restauration des fresques et des mosaïques, par exemple, ne
saurait en aucun cas se satisfaire d’une procédure hâtive. Leur remise en état pour le (très)
long terme, exigée par la conséquence de longues années de somnolence, pour ne pas dire
de négligence, doit transiter impérativement par une phase expérimentale et des soins
particulièrement minutieux, seuls garants de leur perduration. Ce à quoi s’emploie
l’actuelle surintendance. Dans le même temps, des mesures de protection contre l’érosion
due aux visites, doivent être mises en œuvre, sans oblitérer la perception ni encombrer
abusivement l’espace.
Autant de mesures, fruits d’une réflexion adaptée à la particularité du lieu, qui ne
peuvent naître de l’improvisation ou d’une inutile et spectaculaire, mais quasi-stérile mise
en scène, telles que l’organisation et la visite publique de fausses fouilles archéologiques,
comme l’avaient fait les deux commissaires extraordinaires au service de l’administration
Berlusconi.
Dans un souci d’objectivité, et tout en tenant compte des conditions restrictives, des
exigences citées et même en dépit d’une prise en compte résolue, les membres de la
commission, en considérant qu’il faut y voir, non une critique mais un encouragement à
poursuivre l’élan entrepris, se doivent de maintenir en état de péril les maisons suivantes :
1 – Casa degli Amanti
2 - Casa delle Nozze d’Argento
3 – Schola Armaturarum
4 – Casa di Trebius Valens
5 – fresque de la chasse de la casa dei Ceii.

Le poids de l’héritage que doivent gérer les responsables archéologiques, et

administratifs de Pompéi apparaît comme tel, que de toute évidence, compte tenu de
l’ampleur de la tâche et des freins imposés par une administration communale, régionale et
d’état et par une magistrature vigilante, dans le but, parfaitement légitime, de tout vérifier
et d’écarter les abus, dérives ou les intrusions de la Camorra, risquent fort de voir arriver la
fin de 2015 sans que le programme engagé soit parvenu à son aboutissement.
Le ministre de la Culture, Dario Franceschini, venu à Pompéi où il fut accueilli par
le nouveau surintendant Massimo Osanna et par le général Giovanni Nistri, a dû, en toute
objectivité, prendre la mesure de l’ampleur des travaux entrepris et à entreprendre, et
réaliser la difficulté de voir aboutir le GPP dans les délais établis.
Dans cette vision modératrice, les membres de la mission rédacteurs du présent
rapport, sont éminemment favorables au souti en qu’il convient d’accorder à l’actuelle
surintendance dans son élan constructeur, et à la prolongation du GPP au moins jusqu’à la
fin de 2016.

3.3 Positive or negative developments in the conservation of the property since the last
report to the World Heritage Committee

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These are dealt with in the previous section. To summarise, the developments in the
conservation of the property since the last report to the World Heritage Committee are
positive. The GPP and also the regular maintenance programme are addressing many of
the conservation issues raised in previous mission reports and many of the buildings
identified as being at risk are now being secured. The mission has identified five buildings
still at risk (see previous page). The mission have some concerns that the additional
resources that have made this improvement possible are not permanent, and are not fully
integrated with the normal management structure of the property. This could lead to
problems in future years.

3.4 Information on any specific threat or damage to or loss of Outstanding Universal

Value, integrity and/or authenticity for which the property was inscribed

There are no further threats identified in addition to those discussed in section 3.2 above.

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4 ASSESSMENT OF THE STATE OF CONSERVATION OF THE
PROPERTY

4.1 Review whether the Outstanding Universal Value, on the basis of which the
property was inscribed on the World Heritage List, and the conditions of integrity
and authenticity are being maintained

The property was inscribed on the World Heritage List because the impressive remains of
the towns of Pompei and Herculaneum and their associated villas, buried by the eruption of
Vesuvius in AD 79, provide a complete and vivid picture of society and daily life at a
specific moment in the past that is without parallel anywhere in the world. The extent to
which the values of the property were being maintained was discussed fully in the previous
(2013) mission report.

That discussion took into account the fact that Pompei, Herculaneum and Oplontis are
essentially exposed ruins which have been excavated at different stages over the last two
centuries, as well as having been severely damaged by volcanic eruption. It was pointed
out that any ruined site of this scale would always suffer from decay and would need
continuous maintenance. The problem is exacerbated here because the remains preserve
extensive remains of decoration, flooring and, particularly at Herculaneum, carbonised
timber which makes them additionally sensitive.

Some degree of decay is therefore inevitable. Given the overall size and scale of the
property, however, much of it is in a good or reasonable condition. However there are
individual buildings and some parts of the sites at both Pompei and Herculaneum which
are not in a good condition. There had been further collapses since the first mission and
the 2013 mission identified a number of buildings as being at risk. There was therefore the
risk of further structural collapse or of significant loss of decorative or architectural
features which could have a significant adverse impact on OUV (Outstanding Universal
Value).

There was also more insidious gradual decay, for example of the colours of wall paintings
and the effects of both rising and penetrating damp. Such decay can never be stopped
entirely but it is important that the rate is slowed down as much as possible. Further
avoidable decay could again cause loss or cumulative erosion of the attributes which
warranted inscription on the World Heritage List.

The 2013 mission concluded nonetheless that the property still maintained high levels of
authenticity in the evidence for its form and design, and the survival of its materials and
substance. The location of the property still maintained authenticity of location and setting
in that the relationship with Mount Vesuvius is not obscured at either Pompei or
Herculaneum. The sites also convey strongly the nature and scale of the disaster that
overtook them in AD79.

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In terms of integrity the property’s boundaries were of sufficient size at Pompei but needed
some minor adjustments at Herculaneum. All three areas of the property are sufficiently
large to give a clear understanding of the character of the site and of its OUV. The mission
noted though that there were a large number of elements of the property which were not in
good condition and where the processes of deterioration were not fully controlled. Failure
to rectify these issues could adversely affect the integrity of the property in the future. A
further risk identified by the last mission was that of inappropriate development in the
setting of the property which could affect the ability to appreciate its relationship to Mount
Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples. This position had not deteriorated significantly since
2010 but creation of a buffer zone of adequate size with appropriate policies to prevent
inappropriate development in the future was essential.

The 2013 mission concluded that the property did maintain its Outstanding Universal
Value, including authenticity and integrity. However, the mission also identified
significant continuing deterioration including some structures are at risk. The mission
stated that if remedial measures were not urgently taken, the OUV of the property would
be at risk.

The current mission was able only to visit Pompei so is not in a position to comment on
either Herculaneum or Oplontis, where, in any case previous reports indicate the problems
to be less. The mission is able to report a considerable improvement in the state of
conservation at Pompei, though some buildings are still at risk. Extensive works are now
in hand, either as part of the normal works programme of the Superintendency, as at the
Villa dei Misteri, or within the scope of the GPP. Some fundamental works, such as the
drainage of Regio III are under way and general consolidation of whole insulae is in hand
as well as detailed works to specific buildings. So far comparatively little work is being
dome to decorative finishes, many of which will have to wait for a future programme, as
priority has rightly been given to ensuring structural stability.

The mission welcomes this work at Pompei which will do much to maintain the
Outstanding Universal Value of the property. In order to maintain that state into the future,
it will be essential that resources for adequate conservation are made available after the
conclusion of the GPP.

4.2 Review any follow-up measures to previous decisions of the World Heritage
Committee on the state of conservation of the property and measures which the
State Party plans to take to protect the Outstanding Universal Value of the property

Operative parts of the Committee’s decisions of 2011 and 2013 are listed below in italic
with a commentary in plain type on the response of the state party.

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Decision: 35 COM 7B.96 (2011)

5. Deeply regrets that neither the World Heritage Centre nor the mission were
informed about the construction of a large concrete building north of the Porta di
Nola at the Pompei portion of the property and also urges the State Party to provide
the World Heritage Centre with detailed information on this project for review;

Both the 2013 and 2014 missions were fully informed about the Porta di Nola storage
building project which is currently stopped due to legal issues (see Section 3.2, D1 above)

6. Requests the State Party to inform the World Heritage Centre regularly and in due
time about any building project planned in the vicinity of the property in accordance
with Paragraph 172 of the Operational Guidelines;

7. Also requests the State Party to give priority to work programmes dealing with the
backlog in conservation and management of the property and to:

Priority has been given to conservation works at Pompei within the GPP.

a) review the management plan to include a public use plan and risk management
plan as well as provisions to regulate and control development at the vicinity
of the property,

The Management Plan is under review (see also comment on Decision 37 COM 7B.77 4
(a) and (b) below)

b) ensure that there are adequate qualified staff and contractors for the
restoration and maintenance of the property,

Extra professional staff (archaeologists and architects) have been recruited by MIBACT to
support the GPP, and other professional staff are supplied by Invitalia. It is essential that
adequate staff levels are maintained after the GPP has finished in order to protect the
property into the future.

c) develop and implement measures to monitor conditions and use of the

property, including the updating of the Geographic Information System (GIS)
for Pompei,

The GPP includes provision for a Knowledge Plan which will provide a usable database
and GIS for the property. Monitoring measures are included in the draft Management Plan
but require further work (see also comment on Decision 37 COM 7B.77 4 (a) and (b)
below)

d) design and install effective drainage systems,

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This work is being carried out as part of the GPP and will be completed during 2015.

e) identify and secure the required technical and financial resources in order to
carry out an effective programme of conservation and maintenance of the
property;

The GPP has provided technical and financial resources for the period of its existence (to
the end of 2015 on present plans) with additional professional resources being bought in
from Invitalia and additional custody support from ALES (currently to the end of 2015).
This has dealt with the immediate problem but it is necessary to ensure that adequate
resources are maintained after the end of the GPP.

Decision 37 COM 7B.77 (2013)

4. Notes that a joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS reactive monitoring mission to

the property took place in January 2013 and requests the State Party to implement
the recommendations of the mission, in particular:

a) finalize the new management plan, with the involvement of all the authorities in
charge at different levels, different stakeholders and the community, and
submit it to the World Heritage Centre for review by the Advisory Bodies by 1
February 2014,

The draft management plan was submitted to the World Heritage Centre by 1 February
2014 and sent to ICOMOS for comment. The mission has made a number of comments on
further work that is needed to this draft (see Section 3.2, A3 above) and these include the
views of ICOMOS.

b) include in the new management plan a public use plan and a risk management
plan, as well as provisions to regulate and control development at the vicinity
of the property,

The draft management plan includes both a public use plan and a risk management plan
though, in the view of the mission, further work is needed to both these. Provisions to
regulate and control development in the vicinity of the property are described in the
management plan but need further resolution through the development of effective
proposals for a buffer zone.

c) ensure, through the new management plan, that adequate qualified staff,
contractors and funds are allocated for the supervision and maintenance of the
site,

See comments on Decision 35 COM 7B.96 7(e) above. It is essential that adequate
resources are allocated in the long term, after the end of the GPP.

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 d) officially submit the proposal of the new buffer zone to the World Heritage
Centre, by 1 February 2014, in accordance with Paragraphs 163-165 of the
Operational Guidelines,

Proposals were submitted by the state party by the deadline but have been referred back by
the World Heritage Committee to the state party for further clarification (see Decision 38
COM 8B 51.4)

e) closely monitor the quality of work in the interventions to be done in the

framework of the “Great Pompeii Project” and the daily maintenance of the
site;

The state party has provided resources through the GPP to enable this to be done but it will
be essential to ensure that these are adequate to cope with the considerable amounts of
work to be carried out by the project.

5. Also requests the State Party to inform the World Heritage Centre regularly and in
due time about any project planned in accordance with Paragraph 172 of the
Operational Guidelines;

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5 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

As noted previously, this report deals primarily with Pompei as the mission was not able to
visit Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata in the time available. Much has been achieved
since the last mission in 2013. Significant improvements are:

1. the Grande Progetto Pompei (GPP) is now fully operational and much conservation
work is being carried out on site; this includes not work on specific houses but the
safeguarding of whole Regions;

2. The drainage system for Regions III and IX is being constructed; if successful, this
should remove a major basic cause of collapse from a large part of Pompei;

3. Additional resources have been provided via ALES for the improved custody of the
property, including opening a number of houses previously closed;

4. The re-establishment of a special Superintendency focused just on the Vesuvian

monuments should provide a better focus on the needs to the World Heritage
property;

5. A specific World Heritage Office has been established within the Superintendency
with a focus particularly on the Management Plan and relations with external
stakeholders;

6. With support of the joint UNESCO/Italian agreement to support the development

of a new Management Plan, an English summary of a draft plan was submitted to
the World Heritage Centre in January 2014, though further work is required to
complete the plan;

7. Proposals for an enlarged buffer zone have been submitted to the World Heritage
Centre, though further work on this is needed; linkages with external stakeholders
are being improved.

The state party has made considerable efforts to deal with the recommendations of the
World Heritage Committee and previous reactive monitoring missions. As a result, there
are substantial improvements in the state of conservation of Pompei. The present mission
does still have some concerns:

1. Significant amounts of conservation work will remain to be done after the

completion of the GPP;

2. We have come concerns about the amount of work that has to be completed by the
currently planned end-date of the GPP of 31 December, 2015. Better standards of

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 work and supervision are likely to be achieved if the on-site programme were to be
extended into 2016;

3. Once the GPP is completed, it will be important to maintain an adequate level of

professional staffing and funding to ensure that adequate amounts of conservation
work are carried out in future years to avoid the building-up of future backlogs of
maintenance work, resulting in future collapses. There seemed to be no guarantee
that this would be the case;

4. While we welcome the input of ALES which has increased the number of houses
open to the public, we are concerned that this too is not guaranteed after the end of
December 2015, and that the additional resources are not integrated with the
existing wardening organisation to allow flexible and effective use of the resources;

5. Visitor pressure is likely to continue and grow in the future and will need to be
carefully managed. Provision of adequate wardening is a key part of this;

6. Work still needs to be completed on the Management Plan and its implementation,
and also on the designation and implementation of the buffer zone;

7. Finally, the mission is concerned by the number of actions being held up and
delayed by legal proceedings; these include the conservation of collapsed Roman
structures, the beneficial use of potential visitor facilities, and the completion of the
study centre and store at the Porta di Nola.

Overall, the mission was impressed by the amount of conservation work underway, as well
as by the arrangements to open more houses to the public. The results of this work will
undoubtedly benefit the Pompei component of the World Heritage property. However, we
are concerned that the arrangements which have achieved this are ad hoc and one-off, and
are dependent on special funding from the EU and from the Italian government. These
special arrangements are due to end on 31 December, 2015.

For the wellbeing and future maintenance of the World Heritage property, it is essential
that the Italian authorities assess realistically the resources needed for the future
maintenance and conservation of the three sites of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre
Annunziata, and ensure that these are provided on a regular basis in the future to avoid any
recurrence of the circumstances leading to the present position. This applies also to
arrangements for wardening the site. The present temporary improvements need to be
made permanent in some way, preferably by the integration of the additional resources
provided via ALES into the normal arrangements for opening the property to the public.

The mission therefore recommends that the state party:

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1. Considers whether the programme of the GPP can be extended after the end of
2015 in order to allow adequate supervision of the work being carried out on site;

2. Makes a careful assessment of the resources, professional and financial, needed to

maintain the improved conditions of conservation of the property in the future after
the end of the GPP, and to complete any outstanding work after the project’s
completion, and ensures that the necessary resources are provided;

3. Does all it can to resolve the legal issues preventing necessary works at Pompei;

4. Ensures that adequate resources are provided for the conservation work needed at
Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata as well as at Pompei;

5. Develops adequate monitoring indicators of the state of conservation of the

property as a secure basis for planning and resourcing future work; this should be
done as part of the development of the Management Plan;

6. Linked to such a monitoring system, carries out on a regular basis (for example,
every five years on a rolling basis) a condition survey of the whole property, to
identify necessary work and to programme it;

7. Monitors carefully the results of the drainage work in Regions III and IX of
Pompei, and, if these are positive, develops a similar programme for the
unexcavated parts of Regions IV and V, and possibly also in Region I;

8. Develops access to the property in ways which minimise any adverse impacts of
excessive visiting;

9. Makes permanent the additional wardening resources being provided temporarily

by ALES and integrates them into the regular system for opening the property on a
permanent basis;

10. Improves and, by careful design, makes less obtrusive the arrangements for
disabled access;

11. Completes and implements the Management Plan as a matter of urgency, taking
into account the comments made by the mission;

12. Re-submits as soon as possible the proposals for a buffer zone for the whole
property, taking into account the recommendations in the World Heritage
Committee decision 38 COM 8B.51;

13. Monitors regularly the effectiveness of the implementation of the Management

Plan, once it is agreed;

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14. Monitors, in cooperation with all relevant stakeholders, the effectiveness of the
buffer zone in regulating development which could impact on the Outstanding
Universal Value of the property;

15. Submits by 1st February 2017 a report on the implementation of these

recommendations, and on the state of conservation of the World Heritage property
of the Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata, for
consideration by the World Heritage Committee at its 41st session.

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6 PUBLICATIONS

- ADAM Jean-Pierre, La construction romaine, Picard, Paris 6e ed. 2008 – La maison

romaine, Honoré Clair, Arles 2012 - Dégradation et restauration de l’architecture
pompéienne, CNRS Paris 1983. – Observations techniques sur les suites du séisme de 62 à
Pompéi, Centre Jean Berard, Naples 1986.

- ALLISON, P., The Insula of the Menander at Pompeii, Clarendon Press, Oxford 20016

- AOYAGI Masanori, PAPPALARDO Umberto, Pompei, Insula occidentalis, Valtrend

Editore, Naples 2006

- BARBET Alix, La peinture romaine du peintre au restaurateur, Centre International

d’Art Mural, 1996. – Les cités enfouies du Vésuve, Fayard, Paris 1999.

- BORRIELLO M., D’AMBROSIO A., DE CARO S., GUZZO P.-G., Pompei, abitare
sotto il Vesuvio, Ferrara Arte, Ferrara 1996.

- BRAGANTINI I, SAMPAOLO V., La pittura Pompeiana, Electa, Naples 2009.

-D’AMBROSIO A., DE CAROLIS E., GUZZO P.-G., I gioelli nella pittura vesuviana,
Quaderni di studi Pompeiani, II – 2008, Rome 2008

- D’AMBROSIO A., GUZZO P.-G., MASTROROBERTO M., Storie da un’eruzione :

Pompei, Ercolano Oplontis, Milan, Electa 2004.

-DE CAROLIS, Ernesto, Robert Rive : Un album fotografico di Pompei, Quaderni di Studi
Pompeiani, VI- 2013, Rome 2013

- DE VOS Arnold, DE VOS Mariette, Pompei Ercolano Stabia, Guide archeologiche

Laterza, Roma-Bari 1982.

- DI FRANCESCO Dora, grande progetto Pompei, Rome 2012

- GUIDOBALDI, M.P., Ercolano : Guida agli scavi, Electa, Naples, 2006.

- GUZZO P.-G., dir. Pompei, Scienza e Societa, Electa, Milan 2001.

- JASHEMSKI W. The gardens of Pompeii, Herculanum, and the villas destroyed by

Vesuvius, New Rochelle, New York, 1979.

- LAGI Adele, BONINI Antonella Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum, and

Torre Annunziata Management Plan Abstract, Pompeii 2014

- ROBERTS Paul, Life and death in Pompeii and Herculanum, The British Museum,
Londres 2013.

SPINAZZOLA Vittorio, Pompei alla luce degli scavi nuovi di via dell’Abbondanza, 3t.
Libreria dello Stato, Rome, 1963

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- VARONE Antonio, STEFANI Grete, Titulorum Pictorum Pompeianorum, in, Studi della
Soprintendenza archeologica di Pompei, 29, l’Erma di Bretschneider, Roma 2002.

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7 ANNEXES

Annex 1 Terms of Reference for the Joint UNESCO-World Heritage

Centre/ICOMOS Reactive Monitoring Mission to the World Heritage
property “Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre
Annunziata” (Italy) (C 829)

8 – 12 November, 2014

At its 37th session (2013), the World Heritage Committee requested the State Party to
submit to the World Heritage Centre a progress report by 1 February 2014, as well as to
invite a joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS reactive monitoring mission in order to
assess the progress achieved in implementing its Decisions 35 COM 7B.96, 36 COM 7C,
and 38 COM 8B.51.adopted at its 35th (UNESCO, 2011), 36th (Saint-Petersburg, 2012)
and 38th (Doha, 2014) sessions respectively.

In March 2014, the State Party submitted a progress report on the development of the
revised and amplified Management Plan and on proposals to extend the Buffer Zone to
protect the setting of the property. It also submitted a summary Management Plan.

In line with the Committee’s decision, the objective of the monitoring mission is to review
the state of conservation of the property, as well as progress in the implementation of the
Committees’ decisions.

The mission should also review if the property is faced with threats which could have
deleterious effects on its inherent characteristics and meets the criteria for its inscription on
the List of World Heritage in Danger in line with Paragraph 179 of the Operational
Guidelines, and prepare its recommendation for examination by the World Heritage
Committee at its 39th session in 2015, with a view to considering, in the absence of
substantial progress, the possible inscription of the property on the List of World Heritage
in Danger.

In particular, the mission should review and asses the following key issues:

1. Assess the overall state of conservation of the property (see list of components to be
visited in Annex II) and evaluate factors and conservation issues that can potentially affect
its Outstanding Universal Value, including its conditions of authenticity and integrity, in
particular:
a. the collapses of parts of a column and wall due to heavy rainfall in June
2014, in the context of earlier collapses
b. other houses and structures at Pompei that are at risk,
c. the evolving conditions that have contributed to the structural weaknesses
and collapses.

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2. Review progress made in the implementation of the recommendations made by the 2013
reactive monitoring mission to the property, in particular:
a. the “Great Pompeii Project”, including the quality and appropriateness of
the methods of restoration and maintenance works in consideration to the
Outstanding Universal Value of the property,
b. prevention of deterioration of unstable areas and the daily maintenance of
the site,
c. installation of effective drainage systems,
d. containing concerning plant growth in the property.

3. Analyse the situation on construction of new buildings and development projects that
have been carried out or are planned in the vicinity of the property and on addressing the
recommendations of the Committee in respect of modifications to proposals for defining
and protecting the setting through an extended buffer zone.

4. Assess progress with strengthening the management system and with the revision of the
management plan of the inscribed property, in particular concerning:
a. lack of adequate management and coordination, as well as the lack of
updated information for a correct and comprehensive management system,
b. the need to secure institutional stability, in order to allow the responsible
authorities and staff to focus on managing and conserving the property and
its setting as their main priority,
c. the development a comprehensive public use plan in the management plan
of the property, in order to avoid erosion due to visitor pressure in the over-
visited parts,
d. the development of a risk management plan,
e. provisions to regulate and control development at the setting of the
property.

5. Assess the progress with staffing and securing technical and financial resources for the
program of conservation, in particular:
a. assess if the required technical and financial resources in order to carry out
an effective program of conservation and maintenance of the property have
been identified and secured,
b. assess if there is adequate qualified staff and contractors for the restoration
and maintenance of the property.

6. Evaluate the progress made in the implementation of the decisions made by the World
Heritage Committee at its 35th, 36th and 37th sessions;

7. On the basis of the findings of the mission, prepare practical recommendations and
identify measures to further improve the conservation and management of the World
Heritage property, to be presented to the Government of Italy and to the World Heritage
Committee;

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8. Prepare a joint mission report in English or French, for review by the World Heritage
Committee at its 39th session in 2015. The report should follow the attached format and
should be submitted to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and ICOMOS International
Secretariat by 15 January 2014 at the latest in hard copy and an electronic version.

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Annex 2 Draft Programme for Mission

DAY TIME PLACE THEME PARTICIPANTS

Pompei Arrival and -

accommodation in
hotel
8/ 11/14

free visit to Pompei

property

9,00- Pompei Visit areas not concerned C.Young- J.P. Adam

13,00 (meeting point: by G.P.P.works A.Lagi (MiBACT-
Porta Anfiteatro) Soprintendenza) – A.
Visit to different works Bonini(MiBACT-
sectors, 14 houses and the Soprintendenza)
Carbinieri post
13,00 Lunch
14,00

14,00 Pompei C.Young- J.P. Adam

16,30 Villa dei Misteri A.Lagi (MiBACT-
Soprintendenza) – A.
Bonini(MiBACT-
Soprintendenza) Gabriella
Sabatini (MiBACT-
Soprintendenza) Bruno
9/11/14

Sammarco (MiBACT-
Soprintendenza)

9,00 - Pompei - Regio VI Visit to: C.Young- J.P. Adam

13,00 (meeting point: Porta GPP 1: Works to reduce A.Lagi (MiBACT-
Anfitatro) the hydrogeological risk Soprintendenza) – A.
and improve the safety of Bonini (MiBACT-
unexcavated Soprintendenza)-
10/11\/14

embankments; – F. Riccio (MiBACT –

Casa dei Vettii (VI, 15,1) UNESCO Bureau)
Casa dei Dioscuri (VI, 9, G.Sabatini (MiBACT –
6) UNESCO Bureau)
RegioVI Conservation Technical staff of the
and restoration works Soprintendenza

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13,00 – Lunch
14,00
14,15 – Pompei Visit to: C.Young- J.P. Adam
16,30 Casa del Criptoportico A.Lagi (MiBACT-
(I,6,2); Soprintendenza) – A.
Casa del Sacello Iliaco Bonini (MiBACT-
(I,6,4) Soprintendenza)-
Casa dell’Efebo (I,7,11) – F. Riccio (MiBACT –
Casa di Paquio Proculo UNESCO Bureau)
(I,7,1) and six other G.Sabatini (MiBACT –
houses UNESCO Bureau)
Technical staff of the
Soprintendenza

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DAY TIME PLACE THEME PARTICIPANTS

9,00- Pompei (meeting Visit to storage building C.Young- J.P. Adam

13,00 point: Porta under construction by the A.Lagi (MiBACT-
Marina-) Porta di Nola and to four Soprintendenza) – A.
houses Bonini (MiBACT-
Soprintendenza)-
– F. Riccio (MiBACT –
UNESCO Bureau)
G.Sabatini (MiBACT –
UNESCO Bureau)
Technical staff of the
Soprintendenza
13,00- Lunch
11/11\/14

14,00

14,00 Pompei Meeting on the status of C.Young, J.P. Adam,

18,30 Auditorium works at Pompeii and the M. Osanna, Giovanni
progress of management Nistri
system. A.Lagi , A. Bonini, F.
Riccio, G.Sabatini,
Technical staff of the
Soprintendenza,
Representatives of
municipalities and local
authorities– Associations
–

9,00- (meeting point: : Visit to 2 houses the C.Young- J.P. Adam

13,00 Porta Anfitatro) Schola armaturarum A.Lagi (MiBACT-
(III,3,3) and the Soprintendenza) – A.
Necropoli di Porta Nocera Bonini (MiBACT-
Soprintendenza)-
–G.Sabatini (MiBACT –
12/11/14

UNESCO Bureau)-
Technical staff of the
Soprintendenza

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Annex 3 Decisions of the World Heritage Committee

2011:

Decision: 35 COM 7B.96

The World Heritage Committee,

1. Having examined Document WHC-11/35.COM/7B.Add,

2. Recalling Decision 33 COM 8D, adopted at its 33rd session (Seville, 2009),

3. Notes with deep concern the collapses that occurred at the property in November
2010 and urges the State Party to address the underlying conditions that have
contributed to the collapses, as a matter of urgency;

4. Also notes the conclusions of the joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS advisory
mission to the property that while the collapses in November 2010 did not
compromise the Outstanding Universal Value of the property, nevertheless the
underlying conditions could threaten the Outstanding Universal Value if they
remain unaddressed in the short term;

5. Deeply regrets that neither the World Heritage Centre nor the mission were
informed about the construction of a large concrete building north of the Porta di
Nola at the Pompei portion of the property and also urges the State Party to provide
the World Heritage Centre with detailed information on this project for review;

6. Requests the State Party to inform the World Heritage Centre regularly and in due
time about any building project planned in the vicinity of the property in
accordance with Paragraph 172 of the Operational Guidelines;

7. Also requests the State Party to give priority to work programmes dealing with the
backlog in conservation and management of the property and to:

a) review the management plan to include a public use plan and risk management
plan as well as provisions to regulate and control development at the vicinity of
the property,

b) ensure that there are adequate qualified staff and contractors for the restoration
and maintenance of the property,

c) develop and implement measures to monitor conditions and use of the

property, including the updating of the Geographic Information System (GIS)
for Pompei,

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 d) design and install effective drainage systems,

e) identify and secure the required technical and financial resources in order to
carry out an effective programme of conservation and maintenance of the
property;

8. Further requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre a Statement
of Outstanding Universal Value by 1 February 2012;

9. Requests furthermore the State Party to invite a joint World Heritage

Centre/ICOMOS reactive monitoring mission during 2012 in order to assess the
progress achieved in implementing the measures outlined above;

10. Finally requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by
1 February 2013, a report on the state of conservation of the property and on the
implementation of the above, for examination by the World Heritage Committee at
its 37th session in 2013, with a view to considering, in the case of confirmation
of ascertained or potential danger to the Outstanding Universal Value, the
possible inscription of the property on the List of World Heritage in Danger.

2012:

Extract from 36COM 7C

The World Heritage Committee,

1. Having examined document WHC-12/36.COM/7C,

2. Recalling Decisions 35 COM 7C and 35 COM 12E adopted at its 35th session
(UNESCO, 2011),

Other conservation issues not reported on at the 36th session under Items 7A and 7B

10. Expresses its concern with regard to the state of conservation of World Heritage
property of “Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annuziata”
and urges the State Party of Italy to intensify its efforts towards implementing the
Committee’s decision taken at its 35th session (UNESCO, 2011);

2013:

Decision 37 COM 7B.77

The World Heritage Committee,

1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add,

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2. Recalling Decisions 35 COM 7B.96 and 36 COM 7C , adopted at its 35th (UNESCO,
2011) and 36th (Saint-Petersburg, 2012) sessions respectively,
3. Takes note of the numerous initiatives put in place by the State Party, including the
“Great Pompeii Project”, supported by the European Commission, and the “Towards a
system of Governance” project;
4. Notes that a joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS reactive monitoring mission to the
property took place in January 2013 and requests the State Party to implement the
recommendations of the mission, in particular:
a) finalize the new management plan, with the involvement of all the authorities in
charge at different levels, different stakeholders and the community, and submit it
to the World Heritage Centre for review by the Advisory Bodies by 1 February
2014 ,
b) include in the new management plan a public use plan and a risk management
plan, as well as provisions to regulate and control development at the vicinity of the
property,
c) ensure, through the new management plan, that adequate qualified staff,
contractors and funds are allocated for the supervision and maintenance of the site,
d) officially submit the proposal of the new buffer zone to the World Heritage
Centre, by 1 February 2014 , in accordance with Paragraphs 163-165 of the
Operational Guidelines ,
e) closely monitor the quality of work in the interventions to be done in the
framework of the “Great Pompeii Project” and the daily maintenance of the site;
5. Also requests the State Party to inform the World Heritage Centre regularly and in due
time about any project planned in accordance with Paragraph 172 of the Operational
Guidelines ;
6. Further requests the State Party to invite a joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS
reactive monitoring mission in 2014-2015 in order to assess the progress achieved in
implementing the measures outlined above;
7. Requests furthermore the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre a progress
report by 1 February 2014, and an updated report on the state of conservation of the
property and the implementation of the above by 1 February 2015 , for examination by
the World Heritage Committee at its 39th session in 2015, with a view to considering, in
the absence of substantial progress, the possible inscription of the property on the
List of World Heritage in Danger .

2014

Decision 38 COM 8B.51

The World Heritage Committee,

2. Having examined Documents WHC-14/38.COM/8B.Add, and WHC-
14/38.COM/INF.8B1.Add,

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3. Refers the examination of the proposed minor modification to the boundary of
Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata, Italy,
back to the State Party in order to allow it to:
1. Provide further explanation of the rationale chosen for the proposed new
boundaries of the Herculaneum component, based on a study of the known
extent and topography of the ancient city,
2. Explain in detail the management implications of expanding the
Herculaneum component, not only with regard to the measures for
preventive archaeology but also to the management arrangements and
regulations that should be set up for the parts of the contemporary city of
Ercolano that would fall within the boundaries of the inscribed property,
3. Reconsider the proposal for inclusion of the villas in Boscoreale and Stabiae
according to the present ICOMOS recommendations and on the basis of the
original justification for inscription of the property on the World Heritage
List;
4. Refers the examination of the proposed minor modification to the boundary of the
buffer zone for Archaeological Areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Torre
Annunziata, Italy, back to the State Party in order to allow it to:
1. Further explain the rationale for the delineation of the boundaries of the
buffer zone, in particular with regard to the protection of the visual links of
the inscribed property with Mount Vesuvius,
2. Provide further detailed information on how the different levels of
protection in force within the area work in practice to protect the inscribed
property and the buffer zone,
3. Describe in detail what are the management arrangements for the buffer
zone, with regard to urban development in the area and specifically as to
how the views from and towards Mount Vesuvius and the inscribed
property are protected.

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8 PLATES (sauf mention photos de Novembre 2014, J-P.A.)

1 – Vidéocamera de surveillance permanente.

2 – Erosion touristique intense entraînant la disparition des sols antiques.
3 – Violence des précipitations et difficulté de drainage des eaux.
4 – Paroi de IVe style très dégradée de la casa di Adone Ferito (VI, 7, 18).
5 – Atrium de la casa degli Amanti (I, 10, 11) toujours en péril.
6 – Pseudo tablinum de la casa dell’Ara Massima (VI, 16, 15), en attente de restauration de
son décor menacé.
7 – Casa dell’Efebo (I, 7, 11), partie restaurée de l’architecture de cette demeure.
8 – Second laraire de la casa dell’Efebo en Novembre 2014.
9 – Le même laraire en 1983.
10 – Casa delle Nozze d’Argento (V, 1, i), cubiculum de Second style victime d’une fuite
d’eau de pluie non maîtrisée.
11 – Casa delle Pareti Rosse (VIII, 5, 37), Bon exemple de chantier de restauration de
l’architecture.
12 – Casa di Siricus (VII, 1, 25-47), reconstruction du mur oriental.
13 – Casa di Siricus (VII, 1, 25-47), le mur méridional en 2013.
14 - Casa di Siricus (VII, 1, 25-47), chantier de restauration du four à pain.
15 – Casa di Siricus (VII, 1, 25-47), chantier de restauration du second atrium avec
protection des sols.
16 – Casa di Trebius Valens (III, 2, 1), Pergola du triclinum estival placé sur étais. Le
chantier de restauration avait été achevé en 2013, sans que fut dégagé l’arrière du mur de
fond recevant la poussée des terres.
17 – Casa dei Vettii (VI, 15, 1), Bon exemple de restauration en bois de la charpente de
l’atrium.
18 – Casa dei Vettii (VI, 15, 1), état général de la charpente en b.a. du péristyle.
19 – Villa dei Misteri, test de nettoyage d’une fresque historiée.
20 – Villa dei Misteri, test de nettoyage d’un décor de faux marbre.
21 – Casa degli Amorini Dorati (VI, 16, 7), très bon exemple de restauration achevée en
2014.
22 – Casa dei Ceii (I, 6, 15), Grande fresque de la chasse très dégradée.
23 – Casa dei Ceii (I, 6, 15), grande fresque de la chasse en 2009.
24 – Casa del Criptoportico (I, 6, 2), restauration achevée, avec des options trop contrastée,
qui dénaturent l’édifice antique (maçonnerie, toitures).
25 – Casa del Criptoportico (I, 6, 2), évocation brutale d’une voûte ; les éléments
subsistants autorisaient une restauration à l’identique, sans trahison de l’aspect originel.
26 – Casa del Criptoportico (I, 6 , 2), vue générale de la demeure depuis la terrasse
méridionale. Aspect navrant d’un hangar agricole.
27 – Casa del Marinaio (VII, 15, 2), Chantier de restauration en cours, protection totale des
sols.
28 – Casa di Paquius Proculus (I, 7, 1), test de nettoyage de l’emblema d’une mosaïque de
l’atrium.
29 – Casa di Paquius Proculus (I, 7, 1), test de nettoyage de l’emblema aux pygmées.

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30 - Casa di Paquius Proculus (I, 7, 1), restauration des enduits du péristyle.
31 – Casa anonima (VI, 5, 14), restauration des enduits et des maçonneries.
32 - Magazzino-laboratorio de la Porta di Nola (il Bunker), la grande ouverture zénithale
devrait être couverte par une charpente métallique portant une verrière. Chantier arrêté
depuis 3 ans.
33 – L’un des deux tunnel verts (il Serpentone) inutilisés de l’entrée Anfitatro.

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1 – Vidéocamera de surveillance permanente.

2 – Erosion touristique intense entraînant la disparition des sols antiques.

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3 – Violence des précipitations et difficulté de drainage des eaux.

4 – Paroi de IVe style très dégradée de la casa di Adone Ferito (VI, 7, 18).

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5 – Atrium de la casa degli Amanti (I, 10, 11) toujours en péril.

6 – Pseudo tablinum de la casa dell’Ara Massima (VI, 16, 15), en attente de restauration de
son décor menacé.

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7 – Casa dell’Efebo (I, 7, 11), partie restaurée de l’architecture de cette demeure.

8 – Second laraire de la casa dell’Efebo

en Novembre 2014.

9 – Le même laraire en 1983.

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10 – Casa delle Nozze d’Argento (V, 1, i), cubiculum de Second style victime d’une fuite
d’eau de pluie non maîtrisée.

11 – Casa delle Pareti Rosse (VIII, 5, 37), Bon exemple de chantier de restauration de
l’architecture.

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12 – Casa di Siricus (VII, 1, 25-47), reconstruction du mur oriental.

13 – Casa di Siricus (VII, 1, 25-47), le mur méridional en 2013.

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14 - Casa di Siricus (VII, 1, 25-47), chantier de restauration du four à pain.

15 – Casa di Siricus (VII, 1, 25-47), chantier de restauration du second atrium avec

protection des sols.

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16 – Casa di Trebius Valens (III, 2, 1), Pergola du triclinum estival placé sur étais. Le
chantier de restauration avait été achevé en 2013, sans que fut dégagé l’arrière du mur de
fond recevant la poussée des terres.

17 – Casa dei Vettii (VI, 15, 1), Bon 18 – Casa dei Vettii (VI, 15, 1), état
exemple de restauration en bois de la général de la charpente en b.a. du
charpente de l’atrium. péristyle.

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19 – Villa dei Misteri, test de nettoyage 20 – Villa dei Misteri, test de nettoyage
d’une fresque historiée. d’un décor de faux marbre.

21 – Casa degli Amorini Dorati (VI, 16, 7), très bon exemple de restauration achevée en
2014.

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22 – Casa dei Ceii (I, 6, 15), Grande fresque de la chasse très dégradée.

23 – Casa dei Ceii (I, 6, 15), grande fresque de la chasse en 2009.

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24 – Casa del Criptoportico (I, 6, 2), restauration achevée, avec des options trop contrastée,
qui dénaturent l’édifice antique (maçonnerie, toitures).

25 – Casa del Criptoportico (I, 6, 2), 26 – Casa del Criptoportico (I, 6 , 2), vue
évocation brutale d’une voûte ; les générale de la demeure depuis la terrasse
éléments subsistants autorisaient une méridionale. Aspect navrant d’un hangar
restauration à l’identique, sans trahison agricole.
de l’aspect originel.

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27 – Casa del Marinaio (VII, 15, 2), Chantier de restauration en cours, protection totale des
sols.

28 – Casa di Paquius Proculus (I, 7, 1), 29 – Casa di Paquius Proculus (I, 7, 1),
test de nettoyage de l’emblema d’une test de nettoyage de l’emblema aux
mosaïque de l’atrium. pygmées.

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30 - Casa di Paquius Proculus (I, 7, 1), restauration des enduits du péristyle.

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31 – Casa anonima (VI, 5, 14), restauration des enduits et des maçonneries.

32 - Magazzino-laboratorio de la Porta di Nola (il Bunker), la grande ouverture zénithale

devrait être couverte par une charpente métallique portant une verrière. Chantier arrêté
depuis 3 ans.

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33 – L’un des deux tunnel verts (il Serpentone) inutilisés de l’entrée Anfitatro.

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