Paestum, works at the Temple of Neptune: for Zuchtriegel it is also thanks to the Franceschini reform

It has been seven years since the last intervention: now the Paestum Archaeological Park has decided to issue a call for tenders for maintenance work on the Temple of Neptune. A 165,000-euro construction site to make up for what has not been done in the last seven years due to lack of funds and that should have been done every year instead. The Temple of Neptune is the best-preserved Greek temple in Italy, but it has some problems (such as plants growing on the monument that risk damaging it): it is planned to remedy these very problems with the work that should start soon.

Not only that: maintenance will also be complemented by research work together with the Federico II University of Naples. A conference on the Temple was held in May, and they are now working on publishing the proceedings. The management has also decided to create a series of publications, endowed with a first-rate scientific committee consisting of museum directors, university professors, superintendents, and curators: Andrzej Buko (Warsaw), Elena Calandra (Rome), Maria Luisa Catoni (Lucca), Rosanna Cioffi (Caserta), Martine Denoyelle (Paris), Vasiliki Eleftheriou (Athens), Alexander Fantalkin (Tel Aviv), Enzo Lippolis (Rome), Fausto Longo (Salerno), Elisabetta Moro (Naples), Valentino Nizzo (Rome), Massimo Osanna (Pompeii), Fabrizio Pesando (Naples), Renata Picone (Naples), Giorgio Rocco (Bari), Alfonsina Russo (Rome), Christopher Smith (Rome/St. Andrews) and Jaime Vives-Fernandiz (València).

For Paestum director Gabriel Zuchtriegel, part of the credit is also due to the MiBACT reform. “The autonomy given by the Franceschini reform to the Paestum Museum,” he declares, “helps us in this but it is still a great challenge, also because of the high amounts: finding a sponsor to support us in this work would be great.” He adds, “Those who say that autonomous museums do not do protection do not know the reality: the exact opposite happens. Whereas before the funds did not come, now we decide how and where to invest-and safeguarding takes first place.”

Image: the Temple of Neptune in Paestum. Credit: Paestum Archaeological Park Press Office.

Paestum, works at the Temple of Neptune: for Zuchtriegel it is also thanks to the Franceschini reform

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