Forum, Pompeii, Italy
View of the East side of the Forum of Pompeii, the political, commercial and social centre of the town, with the columns of the building of Eumachia, a public priestess who funded this building in the 1st century AD, and on the right, the large entrance portal of the Temple of Vespasian, Pompeii, Italy. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13435681
Media ID
45147661
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7087px x 3439px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
