Apolline Project. Pompeii « [quem dixere chaos] www.parconazionaledelvesuvio.it/pnv/home/download/brochure_ENG.pdf. Campania>artecard. Visit Naples. Arts City Pass. Introduction | The Friends of Herculaneum Society. Fifth Herculaneum Conference 19-22 June 2014 The Society's biennial visit to Herculaneum and environs Click here Major Donation for Education Project for information click here On the 24th of August, AD 79, Herculaneum, along with the neighbouring towns of Pompeii, Stabiae, Oplontis and others, was destroyed in a cataclysmic eruption of the active volcano on Mt.
Deserted and forgotten after the eruption, the ancient site was rediscovered in the eighteenth century. Herculaneum Papyrus 1428: Philodemus, On Piety The finds continue. The pyroclastic rockslides that engulfed the town were sufficiently hot to carbonise organic material and cause the instant death of anyone still in the town at that point. 'Boathouses' by the ancient shoreline of Herculaneum, find spot of skeletons. Though this layer of rock has preserved the remains of Herculaneum very well over the last two millennia, it has also proved very difficult to remove.
This is where the Friends of Herculaneum are playing an important role. Oplontis | The Friends of Herculaneum Society. Why should you go to Oplontis? Oplontis is popularly believed to be the villa built by the Emperor Nero as a wedding present for his second wife, Poppea. Poppea is understood to have been a member of the Sabina family which was a significant political force in Pompeii. The emperors had a number of houses in the area around Vesuvius and it seems likely that this building was a gift which would show her family the extent of Nero's feelings for her rather than just being preferable to staying with the inlaws.
It is magnificent. The excavated area is only a small proportion of the range of buildings which would have made up the villa. How to get there Use the Circumvesuviana train service to go to the station named Torre Annunziata. The main exit from the station is on the sea side. This site does not have a car park. A summary of the train services is available. Last travelled The author last completed the journey described in June 2012. Doors of Pompeii and Herculaneum Project.