Castellammare di Stabia

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ROMA-The marvelous Roman Pantheon! An incredible engineering feat for 2,000 years ago! #Pantheon

TORRE ANNUNZIATA-Doors frozen in time at the Villa Poppaea in ancient Oplontis (Vesuvian eruption of 79 A.D.) #torreannunziata

POMPEII-A very colorful fresco, with a fragment of a column, from the Palestra dei Luvenes. #palestradeiluvenes

POMPEII-Cherubs from the Casa dell'Efebo #casadellefebo

VERONA-Arco dei Gavi-This Roman Arch was used as the entryway into the city in the 1st century A.D. It's Roman road still sits immediately below, and still retains imprints of wheels from the wagons/carts that traveled through. #arcodeigavi #verona

STABIAE-This is where the excavations stopped, as this frescoed corridor is blocked with volcanic debris from the 79 A.D. eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. #stabiae #79ad

POMPEII-Details,design, & architecture from the ceiling in the baths. #pompeii

The Angels of Ancient Rome are everywhere to be seen throughout what was the Roman Empire. Clockwise: Museo Archeologico Nazionale Napoli, Villa of the Poppaea in Torre Annunziata, Pompei, and Herculaneum. Alive and well after 2,000 years!

Castellamare di Stabiae-Villa Arianna-Named after the famed Roman fresco of Dionysus saving Ariadne from the island of Dia. #castellamaredistsbia

A Roman fresco from Pompeii which recreates the Greek mythological story of the "Sacrifice of Iphigenia." #pompeii #iphigenia #museoarcheologiconazionalenapoli

POMPEII-Il Castellum Aquae-Its primary purpose was to collect drinking water and distribute it to the city’s water supply. #pompeii #castellumacquae

HERCULANEUM-College of the Augustales-One of the largest frescoes that survived in Herculaneum, depicts Hercules fighting Achelous who had kidnapped Deianira, daughter of Althaea and King Oeneus. Immediately above the fresco, original charred wood remains. #herculaneum

Museo Archeologico Nazionale Napoli-A beautifully and delicately painted Roman fresco. Origin, and depiction, unknown. #MANN

ANCIENT STABIAE-A frescoed woman with a lyre sits above a doorway at Villa San Marco. #VillaSanMarco #CastellamarediStabia #RomanHistory #Vesuvius79AD

HERCULANEUM-A beautifully decorated wall mosaic framed with seashells of Neptune and Amphitrite from a triclinium. #herculaneum #ercolano

POMPEII-Frescoes from the Tricliniums of Moregine #moregine

A beautifully decorated mosaic Lararium from Pompeii. #pompeii #lararium #MANN

Pompeii-Fresco panel from the House of Octavius Quartio #pompeii #houseofoctaviusquartio #79ad