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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 556373, member: 56&quot;]That long facade was called the Palazzata, completed in the late 17thC and destroyed by an earthquake in 1783.&nbsp; At that time, the event was seen as analogous to the destruction of Pompeii. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you search Palazzata, you will find other images from the same perspective.&nbsp; This could even be a copy of one of those other images, and it could be late 18th or early 19thC.&nbsp; With that ominous volcano in the background, I doubt it predates the earthquake.</p><p><br /></p><p>It does look untrained to me, and might be a grand tour souvenir.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to why your father liked it so much:&nbsp; maybe he just liked it.&nbsp; Maybe he liked the naivete and the sense of pattern.&nbsp; It could have been a gift from someone special.&nbsp; He might have been fascinated by the event.&nbsp; You&#039;ll probably never know.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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