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Wine
Villa dei Misteri, the wine from
Pompeii presents Mastroberardino
In the lives of
the ancient vesuvian
peoples, wine played an
important role.
 Vine
cultivation was
widespread not only in
the countryside, but
inside the city of
Pompeii itself, in the
gardens and orchards
that beautified its
villas, thus showing how
esteemed vine was by its
inhabitants. Classical
works make ample
reference to Campania
wines, considered as
full-bodied, and to
Pompeii's in particular;
produced from vine grown
on Mount Vesuvius'
extremely fertile
volcanic slopes.
Archaeological
excavations, botanical
studies, and finds of
vine root casts and of
their support stakes
confirmed that vine was
grown within ancient
Pompeii's city walls,
especially in the
quarters located on the
outskirts of the city,
near the Amphitheatre,
today still marked by
the presence of large
green areas, used for
different purposes...more>>> |
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Your Event in
Pompeii Ruins |
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We organize the banquet of your special event in the fascinating scene of pompeii ruins.
Click here to see a presentation of what here we can make for you (.ppt) |
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De Gustibus |
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Garum Vermicelli |
Ingredients for
4 people:
100grams of alici
salate; 100grams.
of fresh alici ;
10dl of cooked
wine must(or
balsamic vinegar); 10dl
of extravergine
olive oil;
rosmarino,
santoreggia,
capers q.b.;
280grams of
vermicelli.
The fresh alici
will be cleaned
up of the inner
ones and opened
to half and with
it knows them
large will be
put under
premitura and
therefore of it
we will gain the
filtering of
alici
(eventually is
possible to buy
in commerce a
good filtering
of alici).
The salate alici
will come washed
well from know
them, deliscate
and therefore
mixing with
adding of cooked
must (or
balsamic
vinegar), oil of
olive
extravergine and
the aromas.
To this paste it
will come added
also the
filtering.
Completed the
baking of
vermicelli they
will be jumped
in frying pan
with the fluid
sauce and they
will use with
gherigli of
walnuts. |
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Art |
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Art in the ancient Pompei: still life |
"Still life" is a special art genre typical of ancient artworks, thus named for its similarity to the so-called still lives of sixteenth century European art. This genre had been already described in Greek literature where the fame of some artists and artisans of the Hellenistic age (Peiraikos, Kallikles, Kalates, Antiphilos) is reported and their ability highlighted in portraying special subjects (birds, fish, wildlife, fruits and other food matched to household furnishings), rendered in such a surprisingly real and lively style to be considered among the masterpieces of ancient times, though belonging to an art category considered of a lower level (Plinius, Naturalis Historia, XXXV, 112 and 114)...more>>>
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Religion |
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Religion in the ancient Pompei |
The violent
eruption of
Mount
Vesuvius and
Pompeii's
sudden
burial in AD
79
 sealed
public
buildings
and private
homes as
well as
other
manmade
works and
natural
features
preserving
them from
the effects
of
weathering.
...more>>>
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pompeii life |
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Re-creating
Roman cuisine
Tonight, however, the
revelers had no thoughts
of molten lava.
They were following in
the footsteps of the
Epicureans, reclining on
 couches,
watching jugglers and
acrobats, listening to
poetry These
Romans-for-a-night were
the guests of a giant
German insurance company
that had hired both the
amphitheater and the
noblest Roman restaurant
in Pompeii, Il Principe,
to re-create the
past. The good news here
is that within the next
year, this history
will repeat itself -
every night - when a
branch of Il Principe
will
become the first private
restaurant ever allowed
to open on the
famously scorched earth
that is the hallowed
ground of Pompeii.
For the gastronomically
inclined culturati, the
one almost invariable
drawback to visiting
sites of great
historical interest is
the generally execrable
quality of culinary
options to sustain, much
less inspire, the
traveler exploring the
glories of the past. ...more>>>
The banquets in the ancient Pompeii
The Roman banquet originated as both a holy and public event though Hellenistic influence turned it into a symposium, a social dinner with dishes accompanied by wine and enlivened by music and entertainments. Taste and diet were remarkably influenced by economic and social organization. Accordingly as customs became corrupted, banquets lost their original function and turned into a mere display of luxury. The evolution of the banquet follows the development of the Roman society, from austere ancestral uses to the ostentation and decay of the late Roman Empire. Diet, recipes, and the therapeutic properties or toxic effects of certain staples as well as tastes of Emperors and leaders are continuously quoted in literary works and testified to by archeological remains which, through architecture and iconography as well as furnishings and fittings, give us a clearer understanding of these aspects of life in ancient times...more>>>
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