Naples and Pompeii, Italy, June 2013

Posted by Chad on June 19, 2013

A selection of photos from my Europe Trip May – June 2013

Photos from Naples and the Pompeii ruins.

Mt. Vesuvius looms over Naples and Pompeii.

An eerie beauty surrounds Pompeii.

These columns would have supported a wooden roof structure.

Ampitheatre with Vesuvius in the background.

The streets of Pompeii are like....streets. Pompeii was a big town with a population of about 25,000

Pompeii ruins. with Mt. Vesuvius

A bedroom in the brothel. There were even pornographic frescos.

Metal ties that hold stone blocks together.

Public fountains.

Lead pipes carried water to public fountains.

Temple of Zeus with Vesuvius looming.

Masters of the arch.

$The men\'s baths.$

These figurines lined the walls of the steamroom in the baths.

These figurines lined the walls of the steamroom in the baths.

Bronze statue in the courtyard of a very large house beloning to a very rich man.

Detailed mosaics lined floors and walkways in this giant home.

Collections of amphora and other artifacts recovered from the ruins.

$The plaster cast of one of Vesuvius\' victims.$

Marble carving detail of a 3 legged table.

Ghostly columns line the forum.

Ghostly columns line the forum.

Ghostly columns line the forum.

Ghostly columns line the forum.

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