Pompei, also known in English as Pompeii after the name of the ancient city, is a city and municipality in the Metropolitan City of Naples, in the region of Campania in Italy. It has a population of 2
Pompeii was a city in what is now the municipality of Pompei, near Naples, in the Campania region of Italy. Along with Herculaneum, Stabiae, and many surrounding villas, it was buried under 4 to 6 m o
Pompei
…municipality in the Metropolitan City of Naples, in the region of Campania in Italy. It has a population of 23,612. It contains the ancient Roman ruins of Pompeii, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Modern Pompei was founded in 1881 after the building of the Shrine of Our Lady of Pompei by the lawyer Bartolo Longo…
The Forum of Pompeii with the entrances to the Basilica (left) and Macellum (right), the Temple of Jupiter (front) and Mount Vesuvius in the distance
Greek Doric Temple (6th century BC) in Triangular Forum