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With the greatest number of Unesco world heritage sites, and state coffers that do not spare much for the culture sector, Italy has long been worrying about how to protect its exquisite heritage from ruin.In recent years it has experimented with private sponsors, with Tod's funding a re-vamp of the Colosseum and Fendi sprucing up the Trevi Fountain. Now, however, from the ancient ruins of Pompeii comes another idea: bring in help from overseas.As part of the Pompeii Sustainable Preservation project (PSP), researchers from the Technische Universität in Munich (TUM), the Fraunhofer Institute and the International Center for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) are to embark on a 10-year, €10 million effort to prevent the world-famous site in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius "from falling further into ruin".The nearly2,[url=http://www.toms-shoes-sale.com]Toms Shoes Outlet[/url],000-year-old ruins at Pompeii have long been the subject of international concern: in January, Unesco documented a series of shortcomings at Pompeii, warning of a lack of qualified staff,[url=http://www.toms-shoes-sale.com]Cheap Toms[/url], structural damage and vandalism, and in June it issued Italy with a stiff reprimand, warning that it had until the end of the year to adopt urgent measures to curb the decline.In response, the government said it was working to overcome the site's problems, having begun a wide-ranging rescue project in February which is being funded to the tune of €105 million by the Italian government and European Union. In August it also announced it was appointing a new director general for the so-called "Great Pompeii Project". The project aims to carry out sweeping restoration works and boost visitor numbers by 300,000 to 2.6 million per year by 2017.With a start date scheduled for next summer, the German-led PSP plan is not expected to overlap with the overall rescue package, instead focusing on one particular apartment building, or insula, at Pompeii and concentrating in general on developing long-term solutions and preventative restoration."To date, this has not been undertaken on an adequate scale," said professor Erwin Emmerling of TUM in remarks on the project's website. "We want to find out more about ongoing restoration."The website further notes: "Pompeii is a treasure trove. Each new excavation yields new knowledge, and is greeted with huge interest by the public and research community. All too often however, a lot less interest has been shown in the sustainable preservation of this unique site.Many of the finds, most notably Pompeii's frescos, have been moved to museums, to protect them from the wind and weathering. But because of inadequate conservation measures, the exposed walls of the city with their lavish decorations are now visibly disintegrating."Emmerling and his fellow project leader Klaus Sedlbauer, director of the Fraunhofer, expect their work to combine simple, traditional materials with hi-tech aids such as nanotechnology. "The first step will be drainage, followed by new types of protective structures. But that is just the start," said Emmerling. Eventually, its website predicts that the PSP "will be a training site for conservationists from around the world".Salvatore Settis, a professor of classical archaeology, said the German-led project was "good news". He rejected the idea that it sent the message that Italy needed outside help, emphasising that several domestic institutions were involved as research partners. "Science has no boundaries. Moreover, at Pompeii, there's room for everyone," he told La Repubblica. Sign up for the Guardian Today Our editors' picks for the day's top news and commentary delivered to your inbox each morning. Sign up for the daily email Get the Guardian's daily US email Our editors' picks for the day's top news and commentary delivered to your inbox each morning. Enter your email address to subscribe. Sign up for the daily email Sign up now Get the Guardian's daily Australia email Our editors' picks for the day's top news and commentary delivered to your inbox every weekday. Sign up for the daily email
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