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Pompeii
Italia · Roman province·Italy·Founded 6th c. BCE (Oscan)
Buried 79 CE by Vesuvius. Frozen at that moment — houses, shops, graffiti and all.
An uninhabited, fully excavated UNESCO World Heritage site and one of Italy's most-visited attractions, still yielding new discoveries from the 79 CE eruption.
Open Pompeii on the interactive map →Roman Maps shows the empire frozen at 11 August 117 CE, the day Trajan died — its moment of greatest territorial extent. Explore the full map →