Pompei Santuario (P. Sanctuary, in the middle of the town) and Pompei Valle (close to Pompeii) lies on the Torre Annunziata-Pompei-Poggiomarino line. Many churches, chapels, and shrines around the world are dedicated to Our Lady of Pompei. Just after midday on August 24, fragments of ash and other volcanic debris began pouring down on Pompeii, quickly covering the city to a depth of more than 9 feet (3 metres). Hundreds of private homes of various architectural styles have also been excavated at Pompeii. Thus Pompeii remained buried under a layer of pumice stones and ash 19 to 23 feet (6 to 7 metres) deep. definetly Pompeii!! Archaeological evidence indicates that the Oscan village of Pompeii, strategically located near the mouth of the Sarnus River, soon came under the influence of the cultured Greeks who had settled across the bay in the 8th century bce. So you step in right through the backdoor. Pink Floyd filmed a live concert in Pompeii's Amphitheatre for their documentary. It was founded by a convert who reportedly experienced a miracle from the Virgin Mary; miracles have been reported since its foundation. By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica. He called it Pompei because it was located near Our Lady of Pompeii Church. Buildings were destroyed, the population was crushed or asphyxiated, and the city was buried beneath a blanket of ash and pumice. For many centuries Pompeii slept beneath its pall of ash, which perfectly preserved the remains. Pompeii, Italy, designated a World Heritage site in 1997. It houses a canvas by Luca Giordano. Pompeii was destroyed because of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on August 24, 79 CE. The Shrine of Our Lady of Pompei, dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, has become a site for Catholic pilgrimages in recent years. Inside were some preserved remains of people sheltering from the eruption; others lay buried as they fled; bakeries were found with loaves still in the ovens. Several city gates have been excavated. Pompei's main football team has been the A.S.D. Pompeii supported between 10,000 and 20,000 inhabitants at the time of its destruction. According to the Volcanic Explosivity Index, Mount Vesuvius's 79 CE eruption was as explosive as that of Mount St. Helens in 1989. Pliny the Elder had rushed from Misenum to help the stricken population and to get a close view of the volcanic phenomena, and he died at Stabiae. After the war, Pompeii, along with the rest of Italy south of the Po River, received Roman citizenship. Pyroclastic material—a fluidized mixture of hot rock fragments, hot gases, and entrapped air moving at high speed in thick dark clouds that hug the ground—reached the city on the morning of August 25 and soon asphyxiated those who had not already been killed. A 2014 Pompeii preservation effort cost an estimated $145 million, the same price as roughly 362 Lamborghini Aventadors. Both spellings Pompeii and Pompeii are possible in German.More often the ancient city Pompeii is written, the modern small town Pompeii. But they were not completely subjugated and Romanized until the time of the Social War. Pompei Scavi – Villa dei Misteri – located close to the ruins of Pompeii; Pompei Circumvesuviana – located directly behind the cathedral; Whenever we hopped on the Circumvesuviana line, we only had to pay 2,00 – 2,80 Euros depending on where we were going. Pompeii, A.D. 79 (probably October): a column of ashes and lapilli rises from Vesuvius. Almost all visitors come to Pompeii to visit the ancient excavation site. Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Torre Annunziata were collectively designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1997. Pompei Scavi-Villa dei Misteri (serving the Villa of the Mysteries) and Moregine lie on the Naples-Torre Annunziata-Castellammare-Sorrento line. The casts of what are believed to have been a rich man and his male slave fleeing the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago, are seen in …