Pompeii was an amazing trip and well worth going...I'd highly recommend it if you're travelling Italy. It truly gives you a sense of what an ancient Roman city would be like as it was "preserved" under several meters of ash from Mt. Vesuvius. You can clearly see how people lived...there is the town centre where everyone gathered, there were residential streets - both rich and poor, market streets, an unbelievably well preserved stadium for entertainment with a big side strolling area for relaxing during intermission, even some bodies of people to give you a real feeling of what happened to the few who didn't leave. Here is a summary from Wiki ...
Pompeii was destroyed and completely buried during a long catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius spanning two days in 79 AD. The eruption buried Pompeii under 4 to 6 meters of ash and pumice, and it was lost for over 1700 years before its accidental rediscovery in 1749. Since then, its excavation has provided an extraordinarily detailed insight into the life of a city at the height of the Roman Empire.
And the rest I'll leave to photos!
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| Arriving! |
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| A side street |
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| Part of the central square |
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| A Market Street |
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A "cross walk" for when the roads were flooded
and deep ruts from wagon wheels rolling down the street. |
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"Teeth" we called them...to stop wagons from going
down a walking street. |
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| The inside of a baths area. |
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| The bakery! |
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| A family crest. |
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| An inner courtyard to a wealthier home. |
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| Beautiful tile work...with teeny tiles in a home. |
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| What is remaining of the columns of the forum. |
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| Columns where you can see how they have been restored. |
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| An archway...don't know what for but it's solid! |
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| The Amphitheatre |
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| The Grand Palaestra - to relax around during intermission. |
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| Looking down you can see all the walls...like a puzzle. |
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| The people...they were so small compared to today. |
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