The Accademia Ercolanese, in full Regale Accademia Ercolanese di Archeologia (Royal Herculaneum Academy of Archaeology), is a learned society established in Naples in 1755 by Bernardo Tanucci under the royal patronage of Charles VII of Naples with the primary purpose of studying and preserving the finds from Herculaneum and Pompeii.[1]

References

  1. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Herculaneum". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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