Pompei, Italy poster – ENIT 1948

Pompei poster, Italy poster – ENIT 1948

This vintage Italian travel poster was produced by Ente Nazionale Italiano per il Turismo (ENIT), better known in English as The Italian Government Tourist Board. The poster features an image of the world-famous volcano Mount Vesuvius, located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy, about 9 km (5.6 mi) east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. It is the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 that destroyed the Roman cities of  Herculaneum, Oplontis, Stabiae and of course, made Pompei, possibly the most famous ruins in the world. The view featured on the vintage Pompei poster is illustrated looking through a surviving columned ruin at Pompei’s Forum, with the smouldering Vesuvius in the background. The ruin appears on Pompei’s coat of arms.

Today Vesuvius is widely regarded as one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world because of the population of over 3,000,000 people living near enough to be affected by an eruption, 600,000 of which are in the volcano’s danger zone. Pompei’s vast archaeological site was made a UNESCO world heritage site in 1997.

Our posters are carefully and professionally created from vintage originals. Whilst great care is taken in the production of these posters, we also try to maintain a vintage feel, so there may be small imperfections, fold marks, scuffs, tears or marks that were part of the original poster master. If these do appear they should be visible on the larger views of the item on this listing. The originals of many of the posters we offer can cost many thousands of pounds, so whilst these posters look great, especially framed and mounted on a wall, they are intended as fun, affordable reproductions and not intended fine art prints.

The 50x70cm version has been specially produced to be used in conjunction with Ikea’s 50x70cm Ribba picture frame which currently retails for around £12. So you can bag a print and a frame for a great price.