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MOUNT VESUVIUS
The eruption of 7 9 A. D. radically changed the shape of the volcano.
The steep volcanic cone collapsed leaving a crater with a perimeter of 11 kilometres. Today this is known as Mount Somma and is 1,132 metres high. Inside this, a new cone formed rising to 1,277 metres to give the modern day appearance of the volcano. Vesuvius erupted eleven times in the following 12 centuries, most violent occurred in 113 9 of these eruptions. The eruptions then became less frequent and in the 10 century there was a long period of inactivity. During this time the volcano was covered in lush vegetation.
In the late XVI century there were various tremors which were almost a forewarning of the catastrophic eruption that was to take place on 16 December 1631.
This eruption was almost equal in violence to that of 79 A.D. and caused the deaths of approximately 4,000 people.
Other violent eruptions followed, such as the one in 1707 when the Austrian garrison was stationed in Naples, and that of 1794 which destroyed Torre del Greco. There were other major eruptions in 1895 and 1899. Then the eruptions of 1906 and 1944 took place, the sad memories of which still live on in the minds of the people living around Mount Vesuvius.
1845 saw the setting up of Mount Vesuvius Observatory near the crater at Herculaneum. It is a scientific station which keeps a constantly vigilant eye on the volcano’s activity as Vesuvius certainly cannot be said to be completely dormant. This can be seen from the wisps of smoke inside the crater and from a moderate amount of seismic activity.
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POMPEII MONUMENT OF THE DAY
The Palaestra is situated in the eastern periphery of the city, near the Amphitheatre. It was created during the Augustan period, one of the projects of imperial propaganda which led to the founding of the ‘collegia iuvenum’, organizations of young people whose prime scope have been that of furthering sports but whose secondary scope was that of providing an atmosphere of adhesion to the principles of the new political ideology in which the future citizens would be formed. The palaestra of the ‘Iuventus Pompeiana’ occupies a vast area, 141 x 137 meter, and consists of a central space for gymnastic exercises, surrounded by a tall perimeter wall with ten monumental en ... continue
RECIPE OF THE DAY OF THE ANCIENT POMPEII
(Apic. 7, 19, 3) Ingredients:
- 8 hard boiled eggs (not too well done - boil ca. 4 minutes)
- 50g stone-pine kernels
- 2 tblsp honey
- 3 tblsp vinegar
- pepper
- Privet
- Liquamen (or salt)
Instructions:
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Dressing for boiled eggs: Mix together pepper, Liebstoeckl, soaked pine
kernels. Add honey and vinegar and season with Liquamen. Serve together
with the eggs.
FORBIDDEN POMPEII: IMAGES AND NEWS
Love was a common topic of conversation in Pompeii. Feelings, passions, poetic love, sex, homosexuality, prostitution and so forth were all part of daily life and not a source of prejudice. The concept of “obscenity” seems to have been unknown. Love and sex were considered earthly practices of a man’s life that were encouraged by the benevolence of Venus. The thousands of examples of graffiti found on the town’s walls are unequivocal proof of what the people of Pompeii thought about love and sex.