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VOLCANO: After the eruption the top of the volcano was like a cone. This cone broke the previous crater for ¾ of its circumference. The forest and vegetation that covered the side of Vesuvio were destroyed. The contrast between the amazing aspect of the mountain before the catastrophe and the desolation after this unhappy event is extraordinary. Nowadays the volcano it’s active and the experts said that it could erupt again and the habitants are always in risk!
GEOGRAPHY Pompei is in south Italy in the region called Campania. It’s near the Tyrrhenian sea and it’s 30m a.s.l.
In summer 79 d.C. there was a rain of cinder, which exited from the volcano Vesuvio. It covered all the city with 3 meters ash. In the solidified ash cavity were found the casts of victims of the eruption, like marbles: they can still be seen in the archeological site. There were houses which were being restored apparently
following the earthquake of 62 d.C., but it was a false opinion. In fact, there had been another tremor some days earlier.
If you want to have a holiday in the city of Pompei you have to know where to stay, what to visit and how to travel. First of all let’s have a look to some hotel:
The principal attractions in Pompei are antique monument, date from the roman age. Some of them are:
The antique Pompei Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompei
Pompei (modern)
Temple of Apollo
Great theater
House of the mysteries
The forum
In 1972 the Pink Floyd played in the Roman amphitheater of Pompei for the film-documentary – concert: Pink Floyd in Pompei, directed by Adrian Maben This is the link of a part of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9fBe9HhtXw
The British group Bastille composed a song called Pompeii, the English name of the city. In the musical video this song focuses on a man, the singer Daniel Smith, that is fleeing from the Vesuvius eruption of Pompei when he saw the people around him with the black eyes and in that moment he understood that the ashes of the volcano had reached him, at the end, Smith is reached too. This is the link of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F90Cw4l-8NY
Why did we choose Pompei? Because we are interested in visiting the city and its history, the eruption of the volcano Vesuvio. We also love the famous song Pompeii by Bastille, that influenced our choice.
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Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7z2VIXS8Nw
Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnI6tOyH8EI Part 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upib_vgTjK8 Part 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJO8UkH7MFg
Chiara Broli, Lena Carner, Roberta Condini