In the past few weeks, the VeLoCi team has been working on final changes to the layout of the open-access database accessible from the website on Early modern sources related to "lost cities."

The VeLoCi research group joins the activities planned as part of the 17th International Storia e Clima Seminar “La percezione del rischio e della catastrofe nei secoli XVI-XVIII: testimonianze, suppliche, racconti, diari, discorsi”, held in Naples between 12 and 14 June.

After exploring the area of ancient Stabiae, the VeLoCi team moved on to Boscoreale and Torre Annunziata to get an overview of the settlements that had originated in what was once the suburban area of Pompeii, marked by sumptuous villas of leisure and many villae rusticae used for farming.

The VeLoCi project team started the inspections of the cities covered by the research. The first stop has been Castellammare di Stabia, which includes the remains of the ancient Roman Stabiae.

Both units of the VeLoCi project are now beginning the work of identifying and collecting early modern data on the 'buried cities'.

On 17 October 2023, PRIN 2022 VeLoCi was officially launched, a research project that we will develop over the next two years, with the funds from the European program Next Generation EU.