THEthe formidable mountain. Vesuvius in the photographs of the Alinari Archive exhibits shots from the mid-19th century to 1944, the year of the last eruption.
Unidentified author, “Group with children fleeing to the countryside after the 1944 eruption of Vesuvius” (Alinari Archives, Florence).
One more reason to visit the Virtual Archaeological Museum. In the photo above: Naples. View from the Certosa di San Martino (1870) by Robert Rive.
INFO: Ercolano (Naples), Mav until Easter.
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