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- Mar 16, 2017, 3:06pm
- ⛅ 57 °F
- Altitude: 1,293 ft
ItalyCampaniaMassa LubrenseSant'Agata sui Due Golfi40°36’15” N 14°22’34” E
Day 140
Heraculum (Ercolano)
March 16, 2017 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F
This is the OTHER town, along with Pompeii, that was both wiped out and preserved by the massive eruption of Mt Vesuvius. We decided to buck the crowd and visit it instead. We were thrilled with theRead more
Margaret Nichols I hear that the mosaics in the museum in Heraculum are the best in the world - even better than Ravenna. Did you get to see them? Envy, envy, envy ...
Traveler We didn't want to drive into the center of Naples and park. I would have loved to see the castings from Pompeii that they have there. Alas. Perhaps next time.
Traveler Oops just reread that. I think everything from both Pompeii and Heraculum has been moved to the National Archeological Museum in Naples. There were two museum looking buildings on site there that were quite empty and showing neglect.