A series of collapses this weekend have raised concerns about the fate of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii.
An arch supporting the Temple of Venus, the Roman goddess of beauty, crumbled during a rainstorm on Saturday, which was followed by the collapse on Sunday of the wall of a tomb around 5.5 feet high and 11.5 feet long in the necropolis of Porta Nocera and another wall about 8 feet high and 13 feet long in Via di Nola, the major road, Fox News reported.
The affected areas have been closed to the public now.
The city was preserved under volcanic ash from a devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., and was rediscovered in the 18th century.
Culture minister Dario Franceschini, who was appointed last month in the new government of PM Matteo Renzi, called an emergency meeting on Tuesday to assess the damage and verify routine maintenance.
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