Paestum – major Graeco-Roman city in Italy Updated: May 20, 2020 | By Claire | More Paestum is a major European seaside resort and unforgettable tourist destination. It is also the main objective of the excavations for history lovers. Paestum is located in Campania region, about 40 km south of Salerno and 85 km southeast […]
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Mount Vesuvius (Monte Vesuvio) is the most famous volcano in the world — the brooding 1,281-metre giant looming over the Bay of Naples whose catastrophic eruption in AD 79 buried the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in metres of ash and pumice, preserving them in extraordinary detail for nearly two millennia and creating one […]
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