Traveling Discovery: Discovering the mysteries and wonders of Pompeii

In the province of Naples, on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius Pompei covers an area of 12 square kilometers. with about 26,000 inhabitants. It is a modern reality with its tourist facilities, hotels, campgrounds, restaurants, pizzerias, bars, pubs and several shops. It is a cosmopolitan city, a major destination for tourism in Italy and abroad. Many of these tourists stay in the city not only visit, but also use it as a base for their trips, and close to many attractions, both in hand with your vehicle on public transport. In the recent past, Pompeii is twinned with the towns of Latiano in Puglia, Kjongiu (South Korea), Tarragona (Spain) and Xi'an (China). Pompeii rises to the rank of cities on January 9, 2004 The main feature that makes it unique, is to join a name of two cities.

This ancient pagan buried about six meters of ash and lapilli following an eruption of Vesuvius, which took place in August 79 AD when many were dead. In the sixteenth century was discovered almost by accident during the construction of an aqueduct and the proof of this is a plaque placed near Port Nocera. Thank you to a particular technique developed by Fiorelli, today we can see the positions in which the Pompeians perished during the eruption. He invented a method to obtain castings, leaching liquid plaster into the void left by the now defunct organizations, these casts, is a tragic testimony to the disaster. In addition, many results of frescoes, pottery, furniture and various tools help us to understand the habits and customs of ancient Pompeii, but a visit to the archaeological site, we could spend an amazing emotions.

ImageThe new Pompeii, Christian, was born thanks to Blessed Bartolo Longo. Pugliese original lawyer who in 1872 was tasked by the Countess Marianna De Fusco to administer his property in the Valley of Pompeii. The appearance of Madonna Bartolo Longo pushed to build, among many difficulties and with little money, shelter, develop a city around it. One of the obstacles that have been found there in some neighboring countries, reluctant to cede part of its territory to the new reality born "the new Pompeii." Unfortunately for the arrival of his death, October 5, 1926, Bartolo Longo was not able to witness the birth of the new municipalities that took place on March 29, 1928, thank you to all'interessamento Brother Adriano has the merit to pursue with tenacity, the project undertaken by the blessed.

Pompeii World Heritage Site UNESCO Image

By Decree 1997 of Pompeii was included among the sites that are considered World Heritage by UNESCO.

The Committee decided to include this field on the basis of cultural criteria whereas the extraordinary in the city of Pompeii and surrounding areas, buried dall'eruzione of Vesuvius in 79 d. C., are a living testimony and society and daily life in a time of the past and no equivalent anywhere in the world.