Along with Herculaneum, its sister city, Pompeii was destroyed and completely buried during a long catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius spanning two days in 79 AD.Booking rooms at B&B The Fauno!Read More

History of the excavations of Herculaneum The digs began at Herculaneum in 1738, and continued using the technique of underground tunnels and exploratory and ventilation shafts until 1828, when the “open-air” digs were authorized, and carried out until 1875. After a very long interruption, in 1927 Amedeo Maiuri began again the work , and continued...Read More

Information Access Corso Resina, Herculaneum (NA) School parties must book in advance . Book a room at B&B Il Fauno.Read More

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Historical background Pompei rests on a plateau of Vesuvian lava, about 30 meters above sea level, in an area that enabled control over the valley of the Sarno river, which had a port at its mouth. In the first half of the sixth century B.C., the first circle of city walls was built, following the...Read More

Lupa in Latin means prostitute, and this is the best organized of Pompeii's many brothels, the only one designed specifically for this purpose: the others were simply single rooms, or part of the top floor of a shop.Read More

Buburban Baths This privately owned facility (1st cent. BC – 1st cent. AD) is built on an artificial terrace facing the sea, just outside the walls: eminent due to its scenic position, it was repeatedly pillaged over the centuries. On the ground floor are the sumptuously decorated bathing rooms, including the warm indoor pool, and...Read More

Central Baths (IX,4,5-18) The economic-social axis of Pompeii moves towards Via di Stabia: thus it is in this area that a new bath complex was designed, which replaced an entire block of the 9th region and which, begun after 62 AD, was never completed. Note that no separate sections are provided for men and women....Read More