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The road from the main gate (Porta Marina, the gate that led to the sea) passes on the right of the basilica law courts and stock exchange to reach the Forum, the center of town and its main public meeting place directly facing Mount Vesuvius.
All visits to Pompeii and Herculaneum should begin or end here, since the world-famous collections beautifully display not only the paintings and mosaics buried there nearly 2,000 years ago by Mount Vesuvius, but a host of other sculptures from the region’s villas and temples, brought here for safe-keeping.
All are in easy reach of Naples’ museums, the archaeological remains of Pompeii and Herculaneum, the Vesuvius volcano, and farther down the coast, the Greek temples of Paestum.
Three major volcanoes in the south, Naples’ Vesuvius, and Sicily’s Stromboli and Etna, are still active.
Vesuvius blotted out the flourishing town along with Herculaneum on 24 August a.d. 79, burying it under 7 m (23 ft) of ash: It is still being slowly excavated.