After 6 years, the Naples aquarium reopens. It is among the oldest in the world
After six years of work, the AQUARIUM reopens to the public Napoli, with its almost 150 years of history one of the oldest in the world. The day chosen for the return of this asset to the citizens is also symbolic, World Oceans Day, which this year emphasizes the fundamental role of the seas in the preservation of the earth.
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Among the first people to visit the beating heart of the Anton Dohrn zoological station in the Villa Comunale of Naples was also the President of the Chamber Roberto Fico. “Finally – said the third highest office of the State – we have given back to the city an extraordinary place, which is history, a part of the history of Naples and the beating heart of research on the sea.
It is a central place for our country. The sea is our life, our resource and this is the place to do cutting-edge research”. Also visiting the aquarium this morning were Mayor Luigi de Magistris, President of the Campania Region Vincenzo De Luca, Undersecretary for Ecological Transition Ilaria Fontana and former Minister of the University Gaetano Manfredi.
"Naples - commented de Magistris - is naturally a candidate to be the capital of biodiversity in a historical moment in which there is the looming danger of the destruction of species, of nature being attacked. Today's result, the reopening of the oldest AQUARIUM in the world in an extraordinary context, is a success of institutional collaboration".
Built in 1874, the historic AQUARIUM preserves its original 2015th-century architecture, also following the redevelopment works carried out since 19. Structured in 200 tanks, it hosts more than XNUMX animal and plant species distributed in nine different habitats that reconstruct the environments that we can encounter in the Mediterranean, from the first meters of depth to deep environments.
It also includes tanks with tropical fish that symbolize the changes taking place in the Mediterranean, increasingly populated by species that are entering from the Red Sea and other tropical environments. Underwater archaeology finds have also been included, such as Roman wine and oil amphorae and stone anchors.
Article published on 8 June 2021 - 20:03
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