HISTORY AND ART
The itinerary follows toward the sea, with the eterna
Pompei. Marian cult mixs here with the archaeological interest. The construction of the Sanctuary
was for the will of Bartolo Longo, an Apulian lawyer then proclaimed blessed.. The
church,at Latin cross, with one only nave, it is overlaped by a dome 29 metre high .About
the half Thirties it was extended and it assumed the present aspect.The Madonna del
Rosario is object of devotion much diffused in Campania. |
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| Not far from the church there are the famoust
archaeologicol excavations of the world. Discovered in the eighteenth century from
Winckelmann, the whole zone was born to the light in the half of Eight hundred, Its
extraordinariness consists in the fact that the unexpected eruption of the Vesuvio
in the79 D.C. has burned down the whole town, "photographing" the situation of
the epoch. |
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| A vertical section that gives us news on the
town planning, the customs, the gastronomy, the two thousand years ago life .The Foro, the
temples, the theatres, the roads, the basilica, the important residences (Villa of the
Mystery, House of Vettii) or the modest and popular one’s of the street of Via
dell’Abbondanza allow a walk in a real Roman town, as in a machine of the
time. The old town wall surrounds 3 kmq and with eight access gates to the town, gives the
exact dimension and reveals the importance of the old Pompei . |
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| The extraordinariness of
Pompei (and of the neighbour Ercolano) have always made curious the visitors and the
scholar Recently, has been carried out a virtual film in three dimensions, that allows
walking in Pompei of the 79 D.C. in company of epoch’s characters. |
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INFORMATIONS
HOTEL AND
RESTAURANTS
LOCAL PRODUCTS
Those one’s typical of
Campany:oil wood cooked bread vegetables .
GASTRONOMY
Simple but rich in flavours. Typical dish: sausages
with caulifloers.. Very common is the use of pizza napoletana cooked in the
ovens with tomatoes andbasil or oregano.
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