CONSERVATIONAND FRUITION OF POMPEII ARCHAEOLOGICAL

SITE. ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES IN REGIONES I AND II

Valentina Russo ,1 Giovanna Ceniccola ,2 Francesco Delizia ,3 Gianluigi de Martino ,4 Stefania

Pollone5

1 UniversityofNaplesFedericoII,Dept.ofArchitecture,valentina.russo@unina.it

2 UniversityofNaplesFedericoII,Dept.ofArchitecture,giovanna.ceniccola@unina.it

3 MinistryofCulturalHeritage,RegionalDirectionforCulturalHeritageofEmiliaRomagna

4 UniversityofNaplesFedericoII,Dept.ofArchitecture,gianluigi.demartino@unina.it

5 UniversityofNaplesFedericoII,Dept.ofArchitecture,stefania.pollone@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Since 2010 the Regiones I and II of the archaeological site of Pompeii are the object of an interdisciplinary

research which aims to identify possible strategies for a broader use of the archaeological site. The area

presents a rather problematic orography with a plateau corresponding to public buildings and highly sloping

paths along the cardines and near to the city walls. It opposes many physical and perceptual "barriers" to

visitors as the connection between the southern access to the archaeological site and the necropolis of Porta

Nocera andasasystemofpavementsdifficulttowalkon.

The aim of the proposals developed during the research in relation to theoretical issues and to compatibility

between old and new can be linked to multiple aspects related both to the improvement of the visual

enjoyment of urban and architectural parts and to the mitigation of the slopes, to the overrunning of quotes

and to the expansion and regularization of the decking. "Punctual" solutions and proposals on a larger scale,

mostly related to the ancient walling, to the city gates and to the amphitheater are strictly intertwined in

accordance with the purposes of a compatibility between the old construction and the new additions and the

clear possibility of discernment of the latter in accordance with the high quality of the surrounding

archaeologicallandscape.

Key-words: Pompeii,conservation,fruition,accessibility.