PHOTO: Honorary Arch at Pompeii, Italy

Honorary Arch in the ruins of Pompeii, Italy, frames the blown-off top of Mount Vesuvius, which erupted in 79 AD and buried the town under tons of volcanic ash

This Honorary Arch at Pompeii Italy frames the blown-off top of Mount Vesuvius, which erupted in 79 AD and buried the town under tons of volcanic ash. It is located on one end of the Forum, where merchants gathered to sell wares and where most of the public buildings were located.

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    • If you have the time, you might also like to see Herculaneum, which is near Pompeii and easily accessible by the Circunvesuviana train. Though destroyed in the same eruption that hit Pompeii, it is a much different site, with abetter degree of preservation.

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