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___ Famous Landmarks: Sacred MountainsSatellite View and Map of Mount Vesuvius (Ital.: Monte Vesuvio)
 

Satellite View of Mount Vesuvius using Google Earth Data

Satellite view is showing Mount Vesuvius, a stratovolcano about nine kilometres (six miles) east of Naples Italy,
It is the only volcano on the European mainland to have erupted within the last hundred years, the last eruption was in 1944.

In ancient times Greeks and Romans regarded Mount Vesuvius as being sacred to the hero and demigod Heracles/Hercules, the son of god Jupiter/Zeus. The ancient town of Herculaneum was named after him.
In the year 79 AD on 24 August, one day after the annual Vulcanalia festival in honor of Vulcan, the god of beneficial and hindering fire, a two day eruption of Mount Vesuvius took place. The eruption destroyed the ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum and led to the death of estimated 10,000 to 25,000 people.

Also depicted on the map are the volcanic islands of Ischia and Procida and the island of Capri .
 

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Google Earth: Searchable map/satellite view of Mount Vesuvius, Naples.

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