Pompeii around

Pompeii around

Pompeii (Pompeii) is located on the southwest coast Italy Campania region of an ancient city, from Naples to only 40 minutes by car.

Pompeii's history can be traced back to the 10th century b.c., when Pompeii was just a small Bay of the Bazaar, devoted to agriculture and fisheries production until the 3rd century b.c., powerful Roman Empire will be included in the own Pompeii, started to become a bustling cities, trade, economic development, the focus of many magnificent architecture and exquisite carving, was the Roman economic, political and religious center. At that time about 25000 Pompeii city many residents. About 1.8 sq km, around Pompeii city has more than 4800 m long stone wall of the city, town, street, neighborhood layout is like crossing a chessboard. Important buildings around the municipal square, Jupiter's temple, the Temple of Apollo, the Town Hall, beach, shopping centre and various trading markets, and so on, the city also have theater, Stadium, bucket animal farm, catchment and other essential facilities Rome municipal buildings. There are numerous town Pompeii bread shops, pubs, etc.

79 b.c., August day at noon, Pompeii city near the volcano Vesuvius erupted, volcanic ash, gravel and mud covered the entire Pompeii, the city has the most prosperous Roman cities in Vesuvius erupted after 18 hours to completely disappear.

Closer than Pompeii city of Herculaneum (Herculaneum) city and at the same time be Vesuvius buried. At the beginning of the 17th century, when the locals in drilling wells discovered ancient city, through to mid-18th century, this deeply buried in the underground city of 1700 years before being unearthed and will gradually.

The ancient city of Pompeii has seven gates, we go is the Southwest's Marina gate (Porta Marina), the door because the direction towards the sea, also called haimen.

Haimen Vittoria hotel is outside, very friendly. Haimen outside where the package is stored, along with English explanations of headphones are available for hire. Haimen actually consists of two gates (the gate and the small gate), the gate to go cart, and the small door is pedestrian. It is said that 2000 years ago, the distance to the sea, very much, haimen, those who sailed to Pompeii sailor and businessmen, haimen into Pompeii. Because of the Vesuvius erupted and sediment deposition of 2000 years, now haimen distance Beach, 1 km distance.

From haimen, will soon see a public square (Foro civile).

The right hand side of the square is a square Hall (basilica), the Hall is on the basis of its Latin name on the wall, it is the most ancient city of Pompeii's magnificent architecture, the building now only a few rows of a solid foundation of circular pillars, from the distribution of posts, this live Grand architecture is divided into three main halls.

Square Hall before the Court and the Chamber of commerce business address. Out of the Town Hall, the right hand side there are three sizes of near the same House, Pompeii municipalities (Edifici pubblici) location of the main body, the House are the Town Hall and municipal meeting room and archives.

(Square Hall)

Town Hall of the left hand side is the Apollo temple (tempos di apollo), this building significant style of architecture with Greece.

The whole temple is located in a huge shitai, from front of root huge cylindrical, where you can feel the scale of the temple. In front of the temple, there is a marble altar. Next to the temple stairs, a pillar, a roof on a sundial. In the temple to the East of cylindrical weilang worshipping the Sun God Apollo statue of follower bows and arrows and his sister and a statue of Diana. In the Apollo temple with a specially crafted limestone hole, it was the Government to prevent unscrupulous traders quejinduanliang and set of standard container, to ensure that the sale of fair trade, now it's just gongpingcheng.

The north side of the square is Cupid Temple (tempio di jupiter), the temple is dedicated to the ancient Roman Capilla Bardolino Trinity God (Cupid, Juno and m Maneva) on both sides of the temple, there are well-preserved arches.

It is said that historically, the temple was once a Pompeii city treasure repository, so that business people like to come here to pray to God to bless them in business, wealth.

(Jupiter Temple and the Vesuvius)

Cupid shrine behind the public baths (Terme del Foro), public baths, separate men and women and men outside, the woman inside.

Respective changing room, exercise room, hot water, warm water and cold water and toilets, bathroom walls are painted portraits of men and women bathe racy.

In the Temple of Apollo, the opposite is of wearing apparel and wool trade market (Edifieio di Eumachia), used here is buy cloth, wool, yarn and textile merchant transactions.

Building up a Colonnade, a section of text above tells us that this building is in accordance with Venus zu Eumachia's will. Eumachia is Venus of maid, her husband died, she took her husband's business, is regarded as the patron saint of laundry woman. Now that is a strong woman.

Food market is in the City Court Horrea's East side, is a spacious veranda style of architecture.

It has 8 root brick square pillars, is used as a grain-trading places, but to the a.d. 79 years before a volcanic eruption, it has not yet been completed. Currently the building is covered with modern roof, around the iron fence, for storage of the archaeological heritage. Piled with pottery and stone nianzi, volcanic eruptions and buried by volcanic ash body, which is called "catch an luoren", he huddled with hands face, probably can't stand the smell when a volcanic eruption, then there is taste Mule bones around. In addition, there is a dog's bones, volcanic eruptions, it was the master chained to a House nearby, are making the final struggle before dying. These bones are in accordance with the outline of the unearthed, when poured into gypsum and, therefore, the shape is very realistic. Unearthed in Terra cotta, there are two major, rough jar is used for food, and fine high is used for wine.

In the main streets of the ancient city of Pompeii is the abundance of the street (Via dell ' Abbondanza) on either side of the street is one of the preceding one of various shops, we see the bakery, Charley has mixing flour and baked bread oven, it is said that at that time, bread oven, pizza with now produced very similar to that of the oven, at Pompeii city up to 30 bakery.

There is a statue of a fast-food (Termopolio col Larario) not far from the bread, fast food points away from a stone counters, counter has several large hole, which was equipped with pots, do that sells snacks. On the wall hangs a tutelary deity statues of the pattern, it may be a symbol of prosperity and wealth. The street was also the time, it is said that the xirandian is employing the urine to remove the coat.

(There is a statue of the restaurant)

Pompeii city's main Boulevard, are blue shop there are sidewalks on both sides of the road.

Slight uplift in the middle of the road, in order to drain rainwater flows, both sides of the gaps in cordierite in ingenious inlaid with some white tiles and white stone, it is said that these tiles and stone's role is to after dark Moon through reflection, help people and animals see road. In the road along the stones, also saw some artificial, it is said that the hole was tied by a horse. Since then, the street trade between frequent bumper-to-bumper traffic is heavy. For security considerations, Pompeii in many Street intersection, set up a raised approximately 20-30 cm high "every other car stone", when flying to carriage approaching intersection see "alternate car stone", will slow down, because the wheels must be from other car stone narrow slowly through the slit. In this way every other car-effective slowed the carriage speed, just like our street crossing, played the role of the protection of pedestrians. From the middle of the road on a rock, you can clearly see that solid tires long-term rolled left traces of pits.

(Intermediate car stone)

The stone on the road, but also more than once to see man penis shape of stone carving, point to a direction.

There are two different interpretations, the one that was Rome Special worship of the God of fertility, this stone is a worship of the God, has the power to function and omen numerous Fu symbol. Also, this sculpture, the direction is the direction of the red light district.

In some streets and corner, see carved in relief of large shicao.

Shicao bosses on the surface, or God or animal head, or the fish's mouth, which are connected behind the copper tube (it used to be a lead, copper is later changed it) and a mixer. An open, babbling brook flow out. Only the very wealthy people can have a fountain, fountain also symbolizes wealth, and now almost.

Pompeii there size Theatre, the city is built according to the terrain.

Little Theatre (Odieon) have closed in the top, so that it has excellent acoustics, mainly for the recitation hymns and musical performances. Little theatre can accommodate up to 1000 spectators, seat by identity and subregional, very spacious ground floor seats are reserved seating of nobility. Lyric Theatre (Teatro Grande) unusually, Le pool into a horseshoe shape, theatre can sit 5000 audience, mainly for plays, the lower the seat to the marble pavement of the same noble seats will be reserved. Grand Theater of the South with a row of colonnade and room for visitors, from the rain and in the intervals of time. Or you can let the audience in between two theatre.

Size of the theater and then farther, then Gladiator training ground (Caserma dei Gladiatori).

It is a piece of open grassland. There are around in the training field, there is a row of Colonnade small room, is said to be the residence of the Gladiators, mining, in several rooms, found a total of 60 bodies, this is very strange, because the Vesuvius erupted up Pompeii was buried, a process, so most of the residents are able to escape, only 1/10 of residents were killed. Legends of the Gladiators is to represent their brave, refused to escape but all died. There are legends, gladiators were mostly criminals or captives is not of personal freedom, they are locked in the room cannot be escaped. In one room, and also found two handcuffed Gladiator's body, is said to be due to a mistake being minor infractions. There is also a room and found a Gladiator and a woman's body, usually in the Gladiator rooms are not allowed to have a woman, it is said that this could be a Gladiator's girlfriend or mistress to secretly meets here, there is no escape were killed.

(Gladiator training)

Vesuvius still Europe's most dangerous volcanoes, although she was seen very calm, but her inner always harboured a tremendous energy, Vesuvius last erupted in 1944, at the top of the volcano, lava flow out of the volcanic lava and waste up to 500 meters height.

This outbreak of wonders makes is Yamashita fighting soldiers allied with Nazi Germany stopped fighting and went to watch the wonders of nature。 Now Vesuvius lived around 2000 years ago more than the residents want modern science can successful forecast volcanic eruptions, to avoid the recurrence of 2000 years ago.

2 hours visit, mainly in the southwest of the city to visit.

There is one-third of the ancient city of Pompeii was buried in the ground, has not been excavated. But part of the unearthed is sufficient living shows scenes of life in Pompeii that year. The ancient city of Pompeii is far better than I think most of you, to think in 2 hours walk up Pompeii is not possible, I feel at least need a day is enough. We have a lot of places to go, many were living in a beautiful garden of the rich, mysterious Villa and amphitheatre we don't have time to go.