The treasure chest, in the center, is a monastery dedicated to Holy Mary the Nova dating back to 1521, when it was created within the pre existing medieval castle “Casale Nuovo”.

In the 1930s it was built to be used as a slaughterhouse. In the center of Terzigno, the building on two floors, with simple and elegant lines, fell into total abandonment only a few decades later.

Originally it was Pietra Bianca. Then, after the eruption of Vesuvius in 1631 whose materials reached there, the name changed to Pietrarsa.

A pochi passi dagli scavi archeologici dell’antica Herculaneum sorge il MAV, un centro di cultura e di tecnologia applicata ai Beni Culturali e alla comunicazione, tra i più all’avanguardia in Italia.

Man and Environment in the Vesuvian Territory

It is the ideal ending of the visit to the adjacent Villa Regina, the only one of the rustic villas in Boscoreale to be open to the public.

On the 25th of January, 2021, the newly refurbished Antiquarium of Pompeii opens to the public: a museum specifically intended as a permanent exhibition for the finds illustrating the history of Pompeii.