Oldest "living history" parks

[Carlton Bach]

It's not exactly a park, but the Aschaffenburg Pompejanum was built on the orders of the Bavarian king Ludwig I in 1840-1848 as a 1:1 replica of the Villa of Castor and POllux. The intent was to allow budding artists and the educated classes to study Roman art in Germany rather than having to travel to Italy.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompejanum

http://www.schloesser.bayern.de/deutsch ... as_pom.htm

http://www.stmwfk.bayern.de/kunst/zweig ... ompej.html

The building is today used as a museum of Roman culture. I have some photos, but only on 35mm slides, nothing digital.