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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
View of Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius
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
Etruscan Temple of Apollo
Mount Vesuvius
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Mount Vesuvius is a somma–stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy, about 9 km east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. It is one of several volcanoes forming the Camp
Pompeii
…family group (gens Pompeia)." Pompeii was built approximately 40 m (130 ft) above sea level on a coastal lava plateau created by earlier eruptions of Mount Vesuvius (8 km or 5 mi distant). The plateau fell steeply to the south and partly to the west into the sea. Three layers of sediment from large landslides lie…
Mount Vesuvius
City of Naples with Mount Vesuvius viewed from the Castel Sant'Elmo
The main cone of Vesuvius and the cliff of Monte Somma's caldera separated by the Inferno and Gigante valley
Famous view of Vesuvius and the historic Pine of Naples overlooking the city of Naples in the 19th century, by Giorgio Sommer