Pompeii And Herculaneum Map

Abbondio’ 16 1.3 a23 plan of the house of the. The insulae which have been excavated are labelled on the map below and indicate that herculaneum was a small residential town whereas pompeii was a port, commercial centre. Take the circumvesuviana train from the “pompei scavi/villa dei misteri” stop to “ercolano scavi” stop (direction napoli).

Herculaneum has been preserved like no other site in the world, not even nearby pompeii. The insulae which have been excavated are labelled on the map below and indicate that herculaneum was a small residential town whereas pompeii was a port, commercial centre. Download the map and the mini guide of the site you want to visit!

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Maps 1 map of pompeii xv 2 map of herculaneum xvi figures 1.1 a1 map of the bay of naples 9 1.2 a19 plan of the sanctuary of dionysus, ‘s. The world heritage property includes three different archaeological areas: Pompeii was built about 40 m (130 ft) above sea level on a coastal lava plateau created by earlier eruptions of mount vesuvius, (8 km (5.0 mi) distant). Rome2rio makes travelling from pompeii to herculaneum easy.