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Archaelogical sites around the bay |
5.
Pompeii
Pompeii archaeological ruins are famous worldwide for being a unique
example of a two thousand years old city frozen in times and the first
ever documented natural catastrophe in history.
This city was covered by the ashes of a sudden eruption on the 24th
August 79 a.c. and it remained untouched up to the XVIII century when
little by little it was brought to light. Monuments as the Forum, the
Amphitheatre, the private houses and all the other findings show us
not only the physical places where the life took place, but allow also
interdisciplinary investigations which satisfy any curiosity about the
habits of what was an incredibly modern society, ‘till showing
us private people’s stories.
Special tour to some restricted areas require previous reservation and
are possible only on given days of the week
Standard
tour length: 2 hours ( longer tours are possible)
Cost for a guided standard tour 120 euros
Entrance ticket : 11 euros
Closed on the 1st of january
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6.
Ercolano -The ancient Herculaneum
According to the legend, Herculaneum was founded some 3000 years ago by
Hercules on the southern slope of Mount Vesuvius, right on the sea. Ercolano
too was destroyed by Vesuvius on 79 D.C. but while Pompeii was buried
by ashes, Erculaneum was drowned by piroclastic fluxes that sealed the
old town under more than 20 metres of mud which dried as hard as the rock.
Ercolano was the first site to be found in the early XVIIIth century by
Prince d'Elboeuf while his men were digging a deep well on his land and
ended on the stage of the ancient theatre. Differences and peculiarities
of Ercolano respect to Pompeii, make it as important and unique at the
same time.
Personally, if you’d love Pompei, you can’t miss Ercolano.
Standard
tour length: 2 hours
Cost for a guided standard tour 120 euros
Entrance ticket : 11 euros
Closed on the 1st of january |
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Villa of Poppea
A wonderful villa attributed to the second wife of the Emperor Nero, buried
on 79 Ad just like Pompeii and Herculaneum. Excavated for the first time
during the 40’s and then in the 80’s to be open first to the
public, offers the best example ever found of the “second style
frescos”, the illusionism painting from Ist century b.C.
Standard
tour length: 1 hour
Cost for a guided standard tour 100 euros
Entrance ticket : 5,50 euros (one ticket for Oplonti, Stabia and Boscoreale)
Closed on the 1st of January
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8.Boscoreale-
Antiquarium
A
very interesting museum at only 15 minutes form Pompeii’s ruins.
An heterogeneous exhibit of findings from the time of the 79’s a.
d. eruption showing the habits and the environment of the Vesuvius and
its inhabitants. Out of the museum a suburban villa excavation site with
its productive areas as the Vynarium ( wine cellar) and the residential
quarters.
Standard
tour length: 1,5 hours
Cost for a guided standard tour 100 euros
Entrance ticket : 5,50 euros (one ticket for Oplonti, Stabia and Boscoreale)
Closed on the 1st of January,1st of May and 25th of December
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9.Stabia
The last site to be excavated and open to the public. Here is a complex
of residential villas built on the side of a hill of the modern Castellammare
di Stabia. At the moment two of them are open to the pubblic
Standard
tour length: 1 hour
Cost for a guided standard tour 100 euros
Entrance ticket : 5,50 euros (one ticket for Oplonti, Stabia and Boscoreale)
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Other
points of interest: Vesuvian Villas
In
1700’s the fertile land at the feet of the Vesuvio, bathed by the
gentle sea and climate of the bay, was scattered by wonderful palaces
that the nobles built around the Royal Palace of Portici, where the King
Charles IIIrd of Borbon spent a lot of his time. That’s where first
the collection of findings of Herculaneum was hosted under the control
of the Accademia Ercolanense.
Today the land and the palaces have changed sensitively since the fasts
of royal court, but this tour may still reveal wonderful surprises. In
effect there is now a big effort by local bodies to reconvert these villas
for a public and tourist use.
Tour
length: variable |
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