Pompeii Express: Reserved Entrance With Optional Audio Guide
Highlight
- Discover the ancient ruins of a city devastated by the violent eruption of Mount Vesuvius some 2,000 years ago
- Witness the preserved artefacts, art pieces, edifices, and even individuals trapped in time and entombed beneath a deluge of scorching hot ash
- Experience one of the globe's foremost and magnificent cultural legacies
Summary
Description
At the moment of the eruption of Vesuvius, which was as powerful as 100,000 atomic bombs, life in Pompeii was instantly lost. Paradoxically, the layer of extremely hot ash, along with the absence of moisture, helped in preserving a large part of the city for millennia. Hence, the present view offers a remarkable insight into life during the Roman era.
There are numerous details of daily life. In one of the houses (Sirico's), there is a well-known inscription on the ground, Salve lucru ("Hoş geldiniz, kâr"), and it points to a trade company belonging to Sirico. You may examine wine jars that are marked as Vesuvinum – a wordplay on Vesuvius and the Latin term for wine, vinum. This could very well be the earliest marketing pun known to man!
Having more than 50 hectares available for exploration, visitors have the option to stroll through the Forum while admiring the view of Vesuvius in the distance, or relax under a tree and admire the impressive amphitheater. The remains of the crucial aqueduct, street fountains, public baths, private houses, shops, statues, frescoes, and numerous eerie plaster casts of volcanic-ashes-covered locals are all present!
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