According to Garcia y Garcia Region VII, Insula VI was one of
the insulae most devastated over the years since its excavation.
He calls it the “Cinderella” of Pompeii. Between the years 1759
and 1762 it was vandalised and stripped by the Bourbons, then
re-interred. Then came the slow and non-systematic uncovering
again before the final destruction in September 1943. The area
was ignored and abandoned during the years following the war,
which reduced the insula to a heap of bricks and masonry. See
Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome:
L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.102). VII.6.24 Pompeii. September
2005. Looking north towards remains of entrance. This
thermopolium was destroyed in the 1943 bombing. Lost were the
dividing walls, the entrance pilasters, and the sales-counter
with 3 small urns in the marble counter. However, the biggest
loss was the Eituns, the Oscan inscription painted on the corner
pilaster between VII.6.23 and 24. The Eituns had become visible
only after the fall of the plast