Launch of restoration project in Pompeii

The European Union's Commissioner for Regional Affairs launched on 6 February 2013 the restoration work for Italy's Pompeii site.

The European Commission approved funding for this project in March 2012. A sum of €41.8 million from the European Regional Developent Fund (ERDF) was allocated to it, a substantial part of a total funding of €105 million.

In 2000-2006, the ERDF had already supported 22 restoration projects on the Pompeii site worth €7.7 million. In October 2011 torrential rainfall caused serious damage to the site, adding to violent storms which in 2010 had caused the partial collapse of the Schola Armatorum.

European Commission: DG Communication: SPEECH/13/68, 06.02.13: Statement by Regional Policy Commissioner Johannes Hahn at the launch of the Pompeii rescue project http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-68_en.htm

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