Vesuvius / Italy

Vesuvius is one of the most famous volcanoes in the world and the symbol of the city of Naples. Mount Vesuvius (Latin: Vĕsŭvǒus) is located on the south-eastern side of the city of Naples in Campania. It has a truncated-conical shape, its highest point reaches 1,277 m s.l.m. and the crater has a diameter of 450 m and a depth of 300 m. The people of Pompeii didn’t realise they lived next to a volcano Before the devastating eruption of 79 AD, the inhabitants of Pompeii had no idea they lived beside a volcano since it hadn’t erupted in around 1,800 years. In comparison, it’s been very active since, having erupted 6 times in the 18th-century, 8 times in the 19th-century and 3 times in the 20t...View all