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Pompei, IT

The City, frozen in time. Preserved ancient Roman city, buried for centuries under 6m of ashes

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 "Pompeii was an ancient city located in what is now the comune of Pompei near Naples in the Campania region of Italy. Pompeii, along with Herculaneum and many villas in the surrounding area (e.g. at Boscoreale, Stabiae), was buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79."

The city was completely covered in a thick layer of volcanic ash, and was eventually rediscovered in the eighteenth century. Since then, much of the city has been excavated and conserved. Today, you can visit Pompeii and see the sites as they were during the eruption, as well as explore the Roman-era architecture and learn about the daily life of the inhabitants. The buildings and their contents reveales day-to-day life in the ancient world. You can feel history while walking along a empty streets.

 

 GREEN PASS INFORMATION FOR INTERNATIONAL VISITORS

For visitors from countries outside Italy who possess a certificate demonstrating either recovery from COVID-19 or vaccination (with a vaccine authorised or recognised as equivalent in Italy), in the event that more than 6 months have elapsed since the completion of the vaccination cycle or recovery, access to services and activities for which the Enhanced Green Pass is required will be permitted only by demonstrating a negative result of either a rapid antigen test (valid for 48 hours) or a molecular test (valid for 72 hours). This also applies to those who have been vaccinated with vaccines that are not authorised or recognised as equivalent in Italy, following a COVID-19 test.


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