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Notice the oil and wine jars in the shops, the bakers’ ovens and flour-grinding mills shaped like giant cotton-reels (excavators found a donkey lying by one he’d been turning when Vesuvius erupted).
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.
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.
The waterfront walk at sunset offers timeless views of the bay and Mount Vesuvius, with the contemporary addition of a gleaming-white cruise ship or two.
Three major volcanoes in the south, Naples’ Vesuvius, and Sicily’s Stromboli and Etna, are still active.