From July 9, one of the most evocative domus in the Archaeological Park can be visited again, returned to the city thanks to a complex restoration project There is a house, in Herculaneum, that for almost thirty years has kept its secrets in silence, closed to the eyes of visitors but alive in the memory…
The ninth edition of the festival dedicated to the theme “Love and War” is underway, featuring theater, dance, and live music amidst the illuminated ruins of the ancient city. “I Venerdì di Ercolano” (Herculaneum Fridays) kicks off on Friday, July 3, 2026. Now in its ninth edition, this series of theater, dance, live music, and…
Special evening openings featuring theater, dance, music, and archaeology: tickets are available for purchase from today. Herculaneum Fridays are back: the special evening openings, for their ninth edition, dedicated to the theme of Love and War, transforming the Herculaneum Archaeological Park into an open-air stage amidst the ruins of the ancient city, a UNESCO World…
ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK OF HERCULANEUM presents Fridays of Herculaneum IX edition – Love and War Theater • Dance • Music • Artistic lighting Summer Season 2026 You are cordially invited to OPENING EVENING Thursday, July 2, 2026 8:00 PM – 10:30 PM Herculaneum Archaeological Park – Corso Resina 187 and Via dei Papiri Ercolanesi 19 –…
The ancient monumental threshold of the Augusteum, one of the most historically rich memories of the entire site, reopens to the public. There is a place in Herculaneum that for nearly twenty years visitors could only glimpse from afar, suspended on an elevated walkway, without actually setting foot on its ground. Today, that distance disappears:…
“The Fridays of Ercolano” and “The Leisures of Ercole” are back: music, theater, dance and performance-lessons in the heart of the ancient city. The Archaeological Park of Herculaneum inaugurates the 2026 summer program with a rich calendar of events that will accompany the public from July to September through cultural experiences capable of combining the…
From June to December 2026, guided visits to one of the best-preserved thermal complexes in the Roman world Guided tours of the Suburban Baths, among the most fascinating and best-preserved buildings of the ancient city, resume at the Herculaneum Archaeological Park. Following the positive response of previous editions, the project returns in 2026, offering an…
The results of the 2025–2026 investigations were presented in Torre del Greco: frescoes with winged ichthyocentaurs, capitals, leaden cistae, and a construction site active at the time of the 79 AD eruption. A study day dedicated to the results of the archaeological investigations conducted by the Herculaneum Archaeological Park at Villa Sora during the 2025–2026…
EUROPEAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL DAYS 2026 | June 12–14, 2026 “Archaeology in the Making” Starting tomorrow, Friday, June 12, the Herculaneum Archaeological Park opens the European Days of Archaeology (EAD) 2026 with a three-day program of visits, workshops, and scientific meetings. The initiative, promoted by INRAP under the aegis of the French Ministry of Culture and coordinated…
