Photo credits
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The Forum of Pompeii with the white colonnade in the foreground and Mount Vesuvius rising behind the ruins
Commonists · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited

Visitors walking along the street into the Forum of Pompeii with Mount Vesuvius in the distance
Adam Harangozó · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited

The paved Via dell'Abbondanza in Pompeii with stepping stones across the roadway
Adam Harangozó · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited

The Dionysiac frieze on the red wall of the Hall of the Mysteries in the Villa of the Mysteries
Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited

The atrium of the House of the Faun in Pompeii with a copy of the dancing faun statue on the impluvium
Abxbay · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited

The peristyle garden of the House of the Vettii in Pompeii with marble basins and a colonnade
Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited

The exterior arches and stairway of the Pompeii amphitheatre with umbrella pines
Marco Ober · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited

The arena and grass-covered seating of the Pompeii amphitheatre under a cloudy blue sky
Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited

The Large Theatre of Pompeii seen from the upper tiers, with the stage building and a portico behind
Sylvhem · CC BY-SA 3.0 · colours and contrast edited

The columns of the Temple of Apollo in Pompeii with Mount Vesuvius on the horizon
Moheen Reeyad · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited

Plaster casts of eruption victims in the Garden of the Fugitives in Pompeii
Miguel Hermoso Cuesta · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited

The L-shaped counter of the Thermopolium of Vetutius Placidus in Pompeii, with a painted shrine behind
Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited

The stone ramp leading up to the Porta Marina gate of Pompeii
Falk2 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited

The box-hedge garden in the peristyle of the House of the Menander in Pompeii
Marco Ober · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited

The "Cave canem" (beware of the dog) mosaic at the entrance of the House of the Tragic Poet in Pompeii
Miguel Hermoso Cuesta · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited


The layered inner wall of the Vesuvius crater with the rim above
Norbert Nagel · CC BY-SA 3.0 · colours and contrast edited

Hikers climbing the gravel path up to the summit crater of Vesuvius
daryl_mitchell from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0 · colours and contrast edited

View from the slopes of Vesuvius towards the Bay of Naples and the coast below
Norbert Nagel · CC BY-SA 3.0 · colours and contrast edited

Aerial view of the excavations of Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius rising behind the plain
Carsten Steger · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited

Mount Vesuvius and Monte Somma rising above the city of Naples, seen from the sea
Mike McBey · CC BY 2.0 · colours and contrast edited

The grey lava flow of the 1944 eruption between woods and pink valerian on the slopes of Vesuvius
daryl_mitchell from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0 · colours and contrast edited

Excavations of Herculaneum seen from above with the modern town of Ercolano behind
Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited

Naples harbour and the Gulf of Naples with Mount Vesuvius on the horizon, seen from Castel Sant'Elmo
Wolfgang Moroder · CC BY-SA 3.0 · colours and contrast edited

A Circumvesuviana train arriving at the Pompei Scavi – Villa dei Misteri station
Chris Sampson · CC BY 2.0 · colours and contrast edited