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Pompeii Tickets, 1917 – 2013.

Entrance tickets

T.1. Pompeii, 1917 ticket. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

T.2. Pompeii, July 5th, 1920 ticket. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

T.3. Pompeii, Porta Nolana 1922 ticket. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

T.4. Pompeii, Porta Nolana 1922 ticket. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

T.5. Pompeii, Porta Marina. Ticket stamped with date 30th January 1923 on rear. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

T.5. Pompeii, Porta Marina. Stamp dated 30th January 1923 on rear of ticket. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

T.6. Pompeii, ticket but date unknown (6 lire instead of 5 lire or 2.50 lire, presumably after 1922)

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

T.7. Pompeii ticket dated 2^nd February 1924. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

T.7. Pompeii ticket (reverse side) dated 2^nd February 1924. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

T.8. Pompeii entrance ticket dated 5 Aug 1924 on the rear.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

T.9. Pompeii Porta Marina entrance ticket dated 13 Apr 193(?), the last digit is unclear. Entry fee was 75 Lire.

The "Serie B" ticket below (printed as Lire 100 but over-stamped Lire 150) is dated 18 Sep 1932.

That would suggest a date range of 1930-31 for this "Series A" ticket.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

T.10. Pompeii. A "Serie B" ticket dated 18 Sep 1932, printed as Lire 100 but over-stamped as Lire 150.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

T.11. Pompeii, 30th March 1937 Porta Nola ticket. Front of ticket. 5 Lire.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer. 

T.12. Pompeii, 30th March 1937 Porta Nola ticket. Rear of ticket.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer. 

T.17. Pompeii Entrance ticket, “series C”, dated 12th September 1962. Entry fee was 105 Lire.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

T.18. Pompeii Entrance ticket dated 10th October 1973. Entry fee was 150 Lire.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

T.19. Pompeii Entrance ticket dated 24th August 1997. Entry fee was 12.000 Lire.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

T.19A. Pompeii Entrance ticket dated 29th March 1998. Entry fee was 12.000 Lire.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

T.20. Pompeii Entrance ticket 3rd September 2004. Entry fee was 10 Euro.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

T.21. Pompeii Entrance ticket dated 4th June 2013. Entry fee was 11 Euro.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

T.22. Pompeii Entrance ticket dated April 2019. Entry fee was 15 Euro.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Pompeii di Notte. Pompei by night.

T.13. VII.7.32 Pompeii. 1939 Tourism postcard entitled “Pompei by night”.

Looking north along the east side. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

T.14A. Pompeii di Notte ticket 018493. Entry fee was 2.50 Lire, overriding the 10 Lire printed on the ticket.

Photo courtesy of Alyson Jean Hodge.

According to a press report of April 1939, and photo entitled “Electricity comes to Pompeii”, a new 150,000 candle power lighting system was under test. It was due to go into operation a week later. Information and photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

This ticket therefore dates from after April 1939. A similar ticket number 048199 from 1944 can be compared below.

T.14B. Pompeii di Notte ticket 048199 dated 1944. Entry fee was 2.50 Lire, overriding the 10 Lire printed on the ticket.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Biglietto Supplementare. Supplementary ticket.

T.15. A "supplemental ticket" from the 1940s (about 1944), for going to the coliseum area. 

At the time these tickets were being used, a visitor obtained them at the office, across from where the modern restaurant is located. 

Then they could take the old "pre-1950s" foot train across Region I to the coliseum.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

T.16. Pompeii supplementary ticket (Biglietto Supplementare) dated 1944. Entry fee was 5 Lire. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Char-a-banc

T.23. Char-a-banc ticket c.1900 found inside an old Pompeii guidebook.

The original owners had jotted down notes in the margin of the book outlining what they had seen during their trip to Pompeii.

They had also pressed three leaves inside the book. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Autostrada Napoli – Pompei

T.24. Autostrada Napoli - Pompei return ticket for a motorcycle dated July 1952.

The cost was 50 Lire, of which 4.6 Lire was IGE.

The “Imposta Generale sulle Entrate” or “general tax on revenue” was introduced in 1940 and superseded by VAT in 1973.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Biglietto per il Vesuvio. Ticket for Vesuvius.

T.25. 1938 ticket for Vesuvius. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Strada Automobilistica Vesuvio.

T.26. 1939. Ticket for Strada Automobilistica Vesuvio. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

The road was built by the Matrone brothers to reach the Great Cone of Vesuvius from the Boscotrecase slope.

The Matrone road was built by the engineer Gennaro Matrone, following the Royal Concession of 13 June 1892.

Destroyed and almost erased by the violent eruptions of Vesuvius several times, the road was rebuilt in 1918, when it became paved and the cars could cover the 8.5 Km to the piazzale at an altitude of one thousand meters.

In 1924 Aurelio Matrone had a house built for the caretaker and the ticket office (now the forestry station).

After nearly thirty years of work, various destructions made by sudden lava flows and subsequent reconstructions, the road was inaugurated on 4 January 1927.

It is now a walking track in the Vesuvius National Park.

T.27A. Vesuvius. Strada Automobilistica Vesuvio ticket (10th August 1973). Vesuvius car road ticket for one person.

Issued at Boscotrecase at a cost of 400 lira, presumably with 4% (16 lira) stamp duty.

Note: It is forbidden to exceed 25 km per hour.

Note: The company is not responsible for any damage during the journey to people or vehicles.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

T.27B. 10th August 1973. Detail from ticket for Strada Automobilistica Vesuvio.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

T.27C. 10th August 1973. Detail from ticket for Strada Automobilistica Vesuvio.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

T.27D. 10th August 1973. Second ticket for Strada Automobilistica Vesuvio, possibly for passenger in the car with the first ticket?

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Orario dei treni. Train time-table.

T.28. Train time-table from the 1900’s. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Biglietto ferroviario. Train ticket.

T.29. Train ticket from 1958. Courtesy of Rick Bauer.

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