庞贝考古遗址中被认为最宏伟的古代住宅正在进行修复，全部140万欧元（约合160万美元）费用由一位私人赞助商承担，官方周二宣布。
cient residence believed to be the grandest in the Pompeii archaeological site is being restored with the entire 1.4 million euros ($1.6 million) cost being covered by a private sponsor, officials announced Tuesday.
这座属于马库斯·法比乌斯·鲁弗斯的住宅，仿照罗马帝国宫殿建造，于公元79年维苏威火山爆发摧毁古城时被掩埋，自1980年以来一直不对公众开放。
The house of Marcus Fabius Rufus, modeled after Rome’s imperial palaces and buried in the eruption of Mt. Vesuvio that destroyed the ancient city in 79 A.D., has been inaccessible to the public since 1980.
该建筑原建于庞贝城墙之上，共四层，由错综复杂的走廊和楼梯相连。
Originally built on Pompeii’s city walls, it features four floors connected by a maze of corridors and staircases.
庞贝考古公园官员表示，部分区域预计将于圣诞节前向导览团体开放。
Part of it is expected to open to guided groups by Christmas, officials for the Archeological Park of Pompeii said.
此次翻修资金由德国企业家弗兰克·霍费尔提供，他在阅读了公园主管加布里埃尔·祖赫特里格尔2023年出版的《庞贝：被迷住的城市》一书后，主动联系了考古公园。
The renovation is being paid for by a German entrepreneur, Frank Hoefer, who contacted the archaeological park after reading superintendent Gabriel Zuchtriegel’s 2023 book: “Pompeii: The Enchanted City.”
霍费尔在一份声明中说：“修复马库斯·法比乌斯·鲁弗斯的这座壮观住宅……是一个令我兴奋的项目。我还觉得，庞贝在文物保护和公众开放方面非常乐于接受创新做法。”祖赫特里格尔表示，目标是扩大此类赞助。
“Restoring the spectacular residence of Marcus Fabius Rufus … is a project I find exciting,” Hoefer said in a release. “I also have the impression that Pompeii is very open to innovative approaches to preservation and public access.”Zuchtriegel said the goal is to expand such sponsorships.
祖赫特里格尔在一份视频声明中说：“这并不意味着从明天起，如果我们有50位这样的赞助商，就能取消门票，将其定为仅1欧元的象征性价格，但这是我们必须努力发展遗址所朝向的一个方向。”
“This does not mean that from tomorrow on if we had 50 such sponsors we would be able to abolish the entrance ticket, putting it at just a symbolic one-euro price, but it is a perspective towards which we have to work to develop the site,” Zuchtriegel said in a video statement.
该住宅的结构加固工作于2021年至2023年进行，目前的翻修重点是壁画，包括位于住宅内一座小教堂中的著名“庞贝的维纳斯”壁画。据信，该房主是一名地方长官或皇室的自由民。
Structural work was carried out on the house from 2021-2023, and current renovations are focused on the frescoes, including the famous Venus of Pompeii located in a chapel within the residence. The owner was believed to be a magistrate or a freedman of the imperial household.
祖赫特里格尔表示，工作还包括让建筑群更易于参观，并正在开发数字技术，帮助人们理解构成这座房屋的“不可思议的迷宫”。
Zuchtriegel said work was also being done to make the complex more accessible, and digital technology was being developed to help people grasp the “incredible labyrinth” that makes up the house.
“有时你会觉得自己置身于那不勒斯的一座19世纪宫殿中，但这其实是一座2000年前的罗马住宅，”楚克特里格尔说。
“At times, you feel like you are in a 19th-century palace in Naples, yet this is a Roman house from 2,000 years ago,” Zuchtriegel said.