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The residence was in an advanced state of decay: the walls, in particular, were
in most of the cases either destroyed or torn apart, columns and capitals completely
vanished with the exception of rare and fragmentary testimonies; roofs, among
which only that of small living room remained, in the form of a large pile of
rubbles found on the spot; on the contrary the most important mosaics were found
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The conservation of the vestiges, would have had a prohibitive cost, as it would
have required a special day and night guarding, as well as permanent consolidation
and restoration interventions, with no guaranty, in the long run, of avoiding
serious degradation, as evidenced by the experience conducted in an other section
of the city. |
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The fact that location of the residence is off city center and completely enclosed
amid modern unaesthetic constructions, represented a major inconvenience, and
complicated the problems of guarding and maintenance of the vestiges (waste dumps,
theft, degradation of all types etc...)
- The residence is situated away from
the traditional visiting circuits and is difficult of access. |
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- Major expropriation problems The second solution, which is otherwise often adopted,
would have consisted in removing the mosaics and fixing them on the museum walls;
this would have required an extension of the museum premises and drowned wonderful
mosaics, which were meant to be highlighted as exceptional, amongst dozens of
existing pavements, with no possibility of a significant evocation of the original
context. |
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