Herculaneum was an ancient Roman town, located in the modern-day comune of Ercolano, Campania, Italy. Herculaneum was buried under volcanic ash and pumice in the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
The excavations of Herculaneum
Herculaneum plan showing the ancient site below the modern (1908) town and the 1631 "lava" flow
Small Herculaneum Woman (Dresden)
Insulae numbers of main excavated area
Ercolano is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania of Southern Italy. It lies at the western foot of Mount Vesuvius, on the Bay of Naples, just southeast of the city of Naples. The medieval town of Resina was built on the volcanic material left by the eruption of Vesuvius that destroyed the ancient city of Herculaneum, from which the present name is derived. Ercolano is a resort and the starting point for excursions to the excavations of Herculaneum and for the ascent of Vesuvius by bus. The town also manufactures leather goods, buttons, glass, and Lacryma Christi wine.
Panorama of Ercolano
Basilica of Santa Maria a Pugliano
Entrance to the underground theatre of ancient Herculaneum
A view of the Golden Mile street in the centre