Hotel in Pompei, The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Pompeii, the excavations, the Vesuvius volcano
Museums in Pompeii
MUSEO VESUVIANO "GIOVAN BATTISTA ALFANO"
Indirizzo: Via Colle San Bartolomeo, 10 - Pompei
Telefono: +39 081 850 72 55 - Fax +39 081 863 24 01
Orario visita: 08.00 - 14.00 (chiuso festivi)
Besides the eruption of 79 A.D. another devastating eruption took place in 472, but it was only after the eruption in 1631 that the authorities and the experts understood the real danger represented by Vesuvius.
A visit of the archaeological area of Pompeii should start from Porta Marina which is in the direction of the sea.
This gate that seems a tower built into the old walls had two passageways: one for the pedestrians and the other for the animals and the means of transport. In a niche in the wall there is a terracotta statue representing Minerva, the protectress of the gate.