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Europe Italy Country Profile World's Most Famous Landmarks IV — Sacred Mountains: Google Earth Mount Vesuvius Famous Landmarks I: Most Famous Monuments Famous Landmarks II: City Icons Famous Landmarks III: Places of Power and Worship Famous Landmarks IV: Sacred Mountains Map Index |
___ Famous Landmarks: Sacred Mountains - Satellite View and Map of Mount Vesuvius (Ital.: Monte Vesuvio) |
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 Vesuvius seen from plane. Image: Pastorius Satellite View of Mount Vesuvius using Google Earth DataSatellite view is showing Mount Vesuvius, a stratovolcano about nine kilometers (six mi) 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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| Local Time Naples:
Saturday-February-11 02:02
Standard Time Zone (CET): UTC/GMT +1 hourCEST (Daylight Saving Time) in use from end of March until end of October: time zone offset: UTC/GMT +2 hours |
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Google Earth: Searchable map/satellite view of Mount Vesuvius, Naples. Explore Mount Vesuvius 3D in Google Earth (Make sure the Terrain layer in Google Earth is checked.) |
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| Coordinates 40°49′N 14°26′E φ Latitude, λ Longitude (of Map center): |
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| previous landmark: Kilimanjaro | next landmark: Mount Olympus | |||||
Related Pages: Italian Cities: Searchable map/satellite view of Naples Zoomable satellite view and map of Florence Zoomable satellite view and map of Milan Zoomable satellite view and map of VeniceCountry: Searchable map/satellite view of Italy Italy Country ProfileContinent: Map of EuropeExternal Links: Wikipedia: Mount Vesuvius |
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