Over 200 marriages per year celebrated in the Sanctuary. Trend growth is already available for 2011
Over 200 marriages celebrated every year at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii. The unioni, in costante crescita dal 2006, sono state circa 230 nel 2008, pari al 20 per cento in più rispetto all’anno precedente. Stesso trend è previsto nel 2009. Per lo più (l’80 per cento) si tratta di matrimoni concordatari: quelli solo religiosi non superano il 20 per cento. Le richieste per sposarsi nel Santuario arrivano da ogni parte d’Italia, talvolta anche dall’estero, e l’attesa per pronunciare il “sì” a Pompei può durare anche più di un anno: sono già in prenotazione, infatti, le date per sposarsi nel 2011. La città di Pompei, dunque, si propone come una vetrina di grande interesse per quei settori del Made in Italy che, tra artigianato e servizi, guardano carefully at weddings and the housing needs of the couple.
Pompeii Expo 2009, the event scheduled from November 28 to December 8 in the exhibition area of \u200b\u200bthe sanctuary, inspired by the themes of marriage and home, to enhancing the national creativity, but especially Bell, who became famous in the world the "Marriage Italian Style".
In Campania the number of marriages is 5.5 marriages per thousand inhabitants in the province of Naples, 6, 5.6 and 5 of those, respectively, of Caserta and Salerno, in Italy the index is 4, 2 per thousand (Istat, 2007). These data are significant considering that in Italy for wedding fatturano quasi 6 miliardi di euro all’anno. Anche se il costo medio di un matrimonio, pari a circa 27mila euro, è cresciuto del 6 per cento rispetto al 2008 (dati Federconsumatori, 2009) il settore non appare in crisi.
Anzi, come dimostrano i circa 100 espositori di Pompei Expo, le professionalità campane coinvolte sono sempre di più, dai fioristi ai fotografi, dal banqueting agli stilisti, dai pasticcieri agli allestitori. Alcune di esse, come quella del wedding planner, sono di recente apparizione sul mercato, ma sono in aumento le coppie che affidano a questa figura il budget per le nozze. 
Sono quattro, invece, gli atelier campani che, nel corso dell’esposizione, presenteranno le nuove collezioni wedding dresses, wedding symbol par excellence of Italian style. The 5 and 7 December, also will parade the catwalk creations D'Auria of the Sisters of Pompei and the designer of Torre del Nunzio Russo Greek. As for favors, all-Italian wedding tradition, among the most sought after are the Capodimonte porcelain, but will not miss Pompeii Expo 2010 preview of the collections of prestigious national brands working with glass.
Even after "the wedding ceremony the prevailing passion for taste and Italian design: for example, in furniture, where stand the sober and inspired by the classic, but also in the field of honeymooners. "Increasingly, the choice falls on a cruise - said Emilio La Scala, MSC Cruises - because it is a complete journey and also culturally rich. Our fleet exports all over the world, the Italian Style, from furniture to kitchen, up to the seating arrangements in the theater on board ship, all references to the traditions and habits of life in Italy. "
Starting from the Necropolis which extends outside the Porta Nocera, from which it takes its name, the beginning of the path. Of great importance to point out the graves esedra, including the imposing building that Eumachia funeral, a priestess of Venus built for himself and his family. The House of the Garden of Hercules or the scent has a triclinium stone for outdoor meals alongside shrine dedicated to the worship of Hercules with a marble statue which gave the house its name. The huge green space on the back was held to half of the century. BC palaeobotanical and surveys attest to the growing of wood for the production of perfumes, it is likely that the owner was a perfumer. The House of Octavius \u200b\u200bQuarto (or Loreio Tiburtino) belonged to Octavius \u200b\u200bneighborhood as the test-ring seal found at the entrance. The large back garden is adorned with fountains, with two long pools and statues arranged in a T allusive to Egypt, the birthplace of the goddess Isidee. The House of Venus in the Shell takes its name from the scenic representation of the south wall where a window gives the illusion of open sea and una rosea conchiglia appare la dea Venere accompagnata da due amorini. 
