Herculanium (1)
Before it erupted in 79 AD is is thought that Vesuvius was over 7000ft high, twice as high as its current form (if you extrapolate the two sides of the remains to a point it shows how big it used to be). The remains still brood over the more modern city of Ercolano. Closer to Vesuvius than Pompei, not a place to be when the volcano erupts again
Two shots of Herculanium; our last day in Italy. Smaller, less busy and better preserve; most of the remains still lie under the more modern city of Ercolano.
Herculanium (1)
Before it erupted in 79 AD is is thought that Vesuvius was over 7000ft high, twice as high as its current form (if you extrapolate the two sides of the remains to a point it shows how big it used to be). The remains still brood over the more modern city of Ercolano. Closer to Vesuvius than Pompei, not a place to be when the volcano erupts again
Two shots of Herculanium; our last day in Italy. Smaller, less busy and better preserve; most of the remains still lie under the more modern city of Ercolano.