Mandatory Credit: Photo by AGF s.r.l./REX (4582383g) Restored frescos in the Villa dei Misteri Restoration of the Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, Italy - 20 Mar 2015 The Villa dei Misteri in Pompeii, Italy has reopened following restoration work. The Villa of Mysteries features some of the best-preserved frescoes in the remains of Pompeii and is classed as a Unesco World Heritage Site. However, its neglect meant that Italy faced losing this status along with EU funding. The government were issued with a deadline by the European Union deadline to spend ?105 million (GBP 76 million) by the end of the year for maintenance and restoration projects in Pompeii.