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Aeolian Islands
The Aeolian Islands or Lipari Islands (Italian: Isole Eolie, pronounced [ˈiːzole eˈɔːlje], Sicilian: Ìsuli Eoli) are a volcanic archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea north of Sicily, named after the demigod of the winds Aeolus. The locals residing on the islands are known as Eolians (Italian: Eoliani). The Aeolian Islands are a popular tourist destination in the summer, and attract up to 200,000 visitors annually.
The largest island is Lipari. The other islands include Vulcano, Salina, Stromboli, Filicudi, Alicudi, Panarea and Basiluzzo.
The present shape of the Aeolian Islands is the result of volcanic activity over a period of 260,000 years. There are two active volcanoes - Stromboli and Vulcano. The volcanic activity of steaming fumaroles and thermal waters are on most of the islands. Only the one on Stromboli, the northernmost island, is still active.
Scientifically the archipelago is defined as a "volcanic arc". Geology explains the origin of the Aeolian Islands is due to movement of the Earth's crust as a result of plate tectonics. The African continental shelf is in constant movement towards Europe. The resulting collision has created a volcanic area with ruptures in the Earth's crust with consequent eruptions of magma. The "Eolian Arc" extends for more than 140 kilometres, but the area of geological instability caused by the collision of Africa and Europe is very much larger. It includes Sicily, Calabria, Campania together with Greece and the Aegean islands.
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Alberobello
Alberobello is a small town and comune in the province of Bari, in Puglia, Italy. It has about 11,000 inhabitants and is famous for its unique trulli constructions. The Trulli of Alberobello are part of the UNESCO World Heritage sites list since 1996.
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Albula Railway
The Albula Railway is a single track metre gauge railway line forming part of the so-called core network of the Rhaetian Railway (RhB), in the Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It links Thusis on the Hinterrhein (697 m (2,287 ft) above sea level) with the spa resort of St. Moritz in Engadine (1,774 m (5,820 ft) above sea level).
Construction of the Albula Railway was begun in September 1898, the opening took place on 1 July 1903, and the extension to St. Moritz commenced operations on 10 July 1904. With its 55 bridges and 39 tunnels, the 61.67 km (38.32 mi) long line is one of the most spectacular narrow gauge railways in the world.
On 7 July 2008, the Albula Railway and the Bernina Railway, which also forms part of the RhB, were jointly recorded in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, under the name Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes.
The best known trains operating on the Albula Railway are the Glacier Express and the Bernina Express.
Up until 1890, the south east of Switzerland was extremely poorly served by railways. Alpine transit traffic was drawn to the Gotthard Railway, so that the construction of transcontinental railways in Graubünden appeared not to be economically viable. Only the success of the Landquart-Davos-Bahn (LD) led to a turning point. In 1895, the LD changed its name to Rhaetian Railway (RhB). Two years later, the people of Graubünden decided, in a referendum, that the RhB would come under state ownership. These two changes created suitable conditions for a rapid construction of further RhB lines, which were intended to open up large parts of the Canton.
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Amalfi Coast
The Amalfi Coast (Italian: Costiera Amalfitana) is a stretch of coastline on the southern coast of the Sorrentine Peninsula in the Province of Salerno in Southern Italy. The Amalfi Coast is a popular tourist destination for the region and Italy as a whole, attracting thousands of tourists annually. During the 10th–11th centuries, the Duchy of Amalfi existed on the territory of the Amalfi Coast, centered in the town of Amalfi, until it was sacked by the Republic of Pisa in 1137. In 1997, the Amalfi Coast was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as a cultural landscape.
Like the rest of the region, the Amalfi Coast lies in a Mediterranean climate, featuring warm summers and mild winters. It is located on the relatively steep southern shore of the Sorrentine Peninsula, leaving little room for rural and agricultural territories. The only land route to the Amalfi Coast is the 40 kilometres (25 mi) long Strada Statale 163 which runs along the coastline from the town of Maiori in the east to Positano in the west. Thirteen municipalities are located on the Amalfi Coast, many of them centered around tourism.
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Aquileia
{{For the Titular Archbishop of Aquileia}}
Aquileia (Friulian: Acuilee/Aquilee/Aquilea, Venetian: Aquiłeja/Aquiłegia, Slovene: Oglej) is an ancient Roman city in Italy, at the head of the Adriatic at the edge of the lagoons, about 10 km from the sea, on the river Natiso (modern Natissa), the course of which has changed somewhat since Roman times. Today, the city is small (about 3,500 inhabitants), but it was large and prominent in Antiquity, and is one of the main archeological sites of Northern Italy.
Aquileia was founded as a colony by the Romans in 180/181 BC along the Natissa River, on land south of the Julian Alps but about 8 miles north of the lagoons. Presumably named from an indigenous word Akylis, the colony served as a frontier fortress at the north-east corner of transpadane Italy and was intended to protect the Veneti, faithful Roman allies, during the Illyrian Wars and act as a buttress to check the advance of other warlike people, such as the hostile Carni and Histri tribes. In fact, Aquileia was founded on a site not far from where Gaulish invaders had attempted to settle in 183 BC.
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Assisi
Assisi (Italian pronunciation: [asˈsiːzi], from the Latin: Asisium) is a town and comune of Italy in the province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio.
It was the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare (Chiara d'Offreducci), the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. The 19th-century Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows was also born in Assisi.
Around 1000 BC a wave of immigrants settled in the upper Tiber valley as far as the Adriatic Sea, and also in the neighborhood of Assisi. These were the Umbrians, living in small fortified settlements on high ground. From 450 BC these settlements were gradually taken over by the Etruscans. The Romans took control of central Italy by the Battle of Sentinum in 295 BC. They built the flourishing municipium Asisium on a series of terraces on Monte Subasio. Roman remains can still be found in Assisi: city walls, the forum (now Piazza del Comune), a theatre, an amphitheatre and the Temple of Minerva (now transformed into the Church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva). In 1997, the remains of a Roman villa were also discovered containing several well preserved rooms with frescoes and mosaics in a condition rarely found outside sites such as Pompei.
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Austria
Austria (
i/ˈɒstriə/ or /ˈɔːstriə/; German: Österreich [ˈøːstɐˌʁaɪç] (
listen)), officially the Republic of Austria (German: 
Republik Österreich (help·info)), is a landlocked country of roughly 8.47 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Hungary and Slovakia to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The territory of Austria covers 83,855 square kilometres (32,377 sq mi) and has a temperate and alpine climate. Austria's terrain is highly mountainous due to the presence of the Alps; only 32% of the country is below 500 metres (1,640 ft), and its highest point is 3,798 metres (12,461 ft). The majority of the population speak local Austro-Bavarian dialects of German as their native language, and German in its standard form is the country's official language. Other local official languages are Burgenland Croatian, Hungarian and Slovene.
The origins of modern-day Austria date back to the time of the Habsburg dynasty when the vast majority of the country was a part of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. During the 17th and 18th centuries, Austria became one of the great powers of Europe and, in response to the coronation of Napoleon I as the Emperor of the French, the Austrian Empire was officially proclaimed in 1804. In 1867, the Austrian Empire was reformed into Austria-Hungary.
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Bay of Naples
The Gulf of Naples (Italian: Golfo di Napoli, aka Bay of Naples) is a c.15-kilometre-wide (9.3 mi) gulf located along the south-western coast of Italy (province of Naples, Campania region). It opens to the west into the Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered on the north by the cities of Naples and Pozzuoli, on the east by Mount Vesuvius, and on the south by the Sorrentine Peninsula and the main town of the peninsula, Sorrento. The Peninsula separates the Gulf of Naples from the Gulf of Salerno, which includes the Almalfi coast.
The islands of Capri, Ischia and Procida are located in the Gulf of Naples. The area is a tourist destination, with the seaside Roman ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum at the at the foot of Mount Vesuvius (destroyed in the AD 79 eruption of Vesuvius), along the north coast.
The Gulf of Naples hosted the sailing events for the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
Twenty nuclear torpedo sea mines were alleged by the International Atomic Energy Agency to have been laid on 10 January 1970, by a Soviet November class attack submarine, in the Gulf of Naples in a time of war to destroy or deny access to the US Seventh Fleet; they are believed to still be on the seabed.
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Bernina Railway
Coordinates: 46°24′32″N 10°1′11″E / 46.40889°N 10.01972°E / 46.40889; 10.01972
The Bernina Railway is a single track metre gauge railway line forming part of the Rhaetian Railway (RhB). It links the spa resort of St. Moritz, in the Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland, with the town of Tirano, in the Province of Sondrio, Italy, via the Bernina Pass. It also ranks as the highest adhesion railway in the Alps, and - with inclines of up to 7% - as one of the steepest adhesion railways in the world.
On 7 July 2008, the Bernina Railway and the Albula Railway, which also forms part of the RhB, were recorded in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, under the name Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes. The whole site is regarded as a cross border joint Swiss-Italian heritage area.
The most famous trains operating on the Bernina Railway are known as the Bernina Express.
In the year following the completion of the Albula Railway in 1904, the Bernina-Bahngesellschaft (BB) was established, with the objective of opening a railway line between St Moritz and Tirano, via the Bernina Pass. After obtaining a concession for such a line in 1906, the BB opened it from 1908 onwards, in several sections: on 1 July 1908 between Pontresina and Morteratasch, and between Tirano and Poschiavo; on 18 August of the same year between Pontresina and Celerina; and on 1 July 1909 between Celerina and St Moritz, and between Morteratsch and Bernina Suot. It was only on 5 July 1910 that the whole line could be opened, upon completion of the most difficult section, between Bernina Suot and Poschiavo. From the beginning, the line was electrically operated with DC current, although in 1935 the voltage was increased from 750 V to 1000 V.
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Caltagirone
Caltagirone (Sicilian: Caltaggiruni) is a town and comune in the province of Catania, on the island (and region) of Sicily, about 70 km southwest of Catania. It is bounded by the comuni of Acate, Gela, Grammichele, Licodia Eubea, Mazzarino, Mazzarrone, Mineo, Mirabella Imbaccari, Niscemi, Piazza Armerina, San Michele di Ganzaria.
The city has been long famous for the production of pottery, particularly maiolica and terra-cotta wares. Nowadays the production is more and more oriented to artistic production of ceramics and terra-cotta sculptures. Other activities are mainly related to agriculture (production of grapes, olives, peaches).
The city's name derives from the Arabic "qal'at-al-ghiran" ("Hill of Vases"). It was inhabited since pre-historical times, as attested by the presence of two necropoleis dating from the second millennium BCE and by numerous other archaeological findings. It was later inhabited by the Sicels pre-Roman population.
The Arabs built here a castle, which in 1030 was attacked by Ligurian troops under the Byzantine general George Maniakes, and which have left traces of Ligurian language in the current dialect. The city flourished under the Norman and Hohenstaufen domination, becoming a renowned center for production of ceramics.
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Capua
Capua is a city and comune in the province of Caserta, Campania, southern Italy, situated 25 km (16 mi) north of Naples, on the northeastern edge of the Campanian plain. Ancient Capua was situated where Santa Maria Capua Vetere is now. The modern town of Capua was founded after the ancient one had been destroyed by the Saracens in 841 AD.
The name of Capua comes from the Etruscan Capeva. The meaning is 'City of Marshes'. Its foundation is attributed by Cato the Elder to the Etruscans, and the date given as about 260 years before it was "taken" by Rome. If this is true it refers not to its capture in the Second Punic War (211 BC) but to its submission to Rome in 338 BC, placing the date of foundation at about 600 BC, while Etruscan power was at its highest. In the area several settlements of the Villanovian civilization were present in prehistoric times, and these were probably enlarged by the Oscans and subsequently by the Etruscans.
Etruscan supremacy in Campania came to an end with the Samnite invasion in the latter half of the 5th century BC.
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Caserta Palace
The Royal Palace of Caserta (Italian: Reggia di Caserta) is a former royal residence in Caserta, southern Italy, constructed for the Bourbon kings of Naples. It was the largest palace and one of the largest buildings erected in Europe during the 18th century. In 1997, the Palace was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, described in its nomination as "the swan song of the spectacular art of the Baroque, from which it adopted all the features needed to create the illusions of multidirectional space".
The construction of the palace was begun in 1752 for Charles VII of Naples, who worked closely with his architect Luigi Vanvitelli. When Charles saw Vanvitelli's grandly-scaled model for Caserta it filled him with emotion "fit to tear his heart from his breast". In the end, he never slept a night at the Reggia, as he abdicated in 1759 to become King of Spain, and the project was carried to completion for his third son and successor, Ferdinand IV of Naples.
The political and social model for Vanvitelli's palace was Versailles, which, though it is strikingly different in its variety and disposition, solves similar problems of assembling and providing for king, court and government in a massive building with the social structure of a small city, confronting a baroque view of a highly subordinated nature, la nature forcée. The Royal Palace of Madrid, where Charles had grown up, which had been devised by Filippo Juvarra for Charles' father, Philip V of Spain, and Charlottenburg Palace provided models. A spacious octagonal vestibule seems to have been inspired by Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute in Venice, while the palatine chapel is most often compared to Robert de Cotte's royal chapel at Versailles.
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Catania
Catania ([kaˈtaːnja] ( listen); Greek: Κατάνη – Katáne; Latin: Catăna and Catĭna) is an Italian city on the east coast of Sicily facing the Ionian Sea, between Messina and Syracuse. It is the capital of the homonymous province, and is the second-largest city in Sicily and the tenth in Italy.
Catania is known for its seismic history, having been destroyed by a catastrophic earthquake in 1169, another in 1693, and several volcanic eruptions from the neighboring Mount Etna volcano, the most violent of which was in 1669.
Catania has had a long and eventful history, having been founded in the 8th century BC. In the 14th century and the Renaissance, Catania was one of Italy's most important and flourishing cultural, artistic, and political centers, having witnessed the opening in 1434 of the first university in Sicily. Today, Catania is one of the main economic, touristic, and educational centers in the island, being an important hub of industry, thus gaining the nickname, "European Silicon Valley".
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Certosa di Padula
Padula Charterhouse, in Italian Certosa di Padula (or Certosa di San Lorenzo di Padula), is a large Carthusian monastery, or charterhouse, located in the town of Padula, in the Cilento National Park (near Salerno) in Southern Italy. It is a World Heritage site.
The monastery is the second largest charterhouse in Italy after the one in Pavia. Its building history covers 450 years, but the principal parts of the buildings are in Baroque style. It is a very large monastery, comprising 51,500 m² (12.7 acres), with 320 rooms and halls.
Padula Charterhouse was founded by Tommaso di San Severino on 27 April 1306 on the site of an earlier monastery. It is dedicated to Saint Lawrence, and its architectural structure supposedly recalls the griddle-iron upon which the saint was burnt alive.
The monastery has the biggest cloister in the world, covering 12,000 m² (2.97 acres) and surrounded by 84 columns. A famous spiral staircase of white marble inside an annex leads to the large library.
According to the strict Carthusian distinction between contemplation and work, there are two distinct places for these practices: on the one hand the peaceful cloisters, the library with its fine Vietri ceramic tiled floor, the chapels decorated with fine inlaid marble works. The altar frontals in most of the chapels are inlaid, not with marble, but with some of the most spectacular 18th. century scagliola work ever created in the 18th. Century.This is the highest concentration of such work in one place. One of the centres of production was in Naples. the cloister orchards; and on the other hand the large kitchen, the cellars with their enormous wine vats, the laundries, and the huge external yards, where there were people working in the stables, ovens, stores, and at the olive oil mill. The yards were used for productive activities and for trade between the charterhouse and the external world.
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Cilento
Cilento is an Italian geographical region of Campania in the central and southern part of the Province of Salerno and an important tourist area of southern Italy.
The coast (on Tyrrhenian Sea) is located between Paestum and the Gulf of Policastro, near the town of Sapri. More of touristic towns by the coast are "frazioni"; as for example Santa Maria di Castellabate, Acciaroli, Velia, Palinuro, Marina di Camerota, Scario and Policastro Bussentino.
The inner boundaries are the Alburni mountains and Vallo di Diano, sometimes considered as part of cilentan geographical region, which has in Sala Consilina its largest center. The most important towns in this area are Vallo della Lucania (in the middle), Sapri and Agropoli: this is the largest town of Cilento and the principal harbour. Most of this area is included in "Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park".
The region is steeped in Greek mythology and legends, as in the names of some towns, which is also visible in the remains of the colonies of Velia (ancient Elea) and Paestum (ancient Poseidonia). Velia was also the seat of "Eleatics", a school of pre-Socratic philosophers as Parmenides, Zeno of Elea and Melissus of Samos).
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Colombia
Colombia (
/kəˈlʌmbiə/ kə-LUM-biə, or /kəˈlɒmbiə/ kə-LOM-biə), officially the Republic of Colombia (Spanish: República de Colombia [reˈpuβlika ðe koˈlombja]), is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the northwest by Panama; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean. Colombia has maritime borders with Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela, Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Colombia is the 26th largest country by area and the fourth largest in South America after Brazil, Argentina and Peru. With over 46 million people, Colombia is the 27th largest country in the world by population and has the second largest population of any Spanish-speaking country in the world, after Mexico. Colombia is a middle power, with the fourth largest economy in Latin America, and the third largest in South America. Colombia is famous for the production of coffee, flowers, emeralds, coal, and oil. All of these products make up the primary sector of economy.
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Corniglia
Coordinates: 44°07′16″N 9°42′32″E / 44.121°N 9.709°E / 44.121; 9.709
Corniglia is a frazione ("fraction") of the commune of Vernazza in the province of La Spezia, Liguria, northern Italy. Unlike the other localities of the Cinque Terre, Corniglia is not directly adjacent to the sea. Instead, it is on the top of a promontory about 100 meters high, surrounded on three sides by vineyards and terraces and the fourth side descends steeply on the sea. To reach Corniglia, it is necessary to climb the Lardarina, a long brick flight of steps composed of 33 flights with 382 steps or, otherwise follow a vehicular road that, from the station, leads to the village. Sometimes a small bus runs up and down here.
The village stretches along the main road, Fieschi Road, and the houses have one side facing this road and the other facing the sea. Corniglia is characterized by narrow roads and a terrace obtained in the rock from which all other four Cinque Terre's villages, two on one side and two on the other, can be seen. The town planning structure presents also original characteristics compared to those of the other villages: the houses are lower set, and only more recently higher, similar to those of the villages of the hinterland.
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Counter-reformation
The Counter-Reformation (also the Catholic Revival or Catholic Reformation) was the period of Catholic revival beginning with the Council of Trent (1545–1563) and ending at the close of the Thirty Years' War, 1648 which is sometimes considered a response to the Protestant Reformation. The Counter-Reformation was a comprehensive effort, composed of four major elements:
Such reforms included the foundation of seminaries for the proper training of priests in the spiritual life and the theological traditions of the Church, the reform of religious life by returning orders to their spiritual foundations, and new spiritual movements focusing on the devotional life and a personal relationship with Christ, including the Spanish mystics and the French school of spirituality. It also involved political activities that included the Roman Inquisition.
Pope Paul III (1534–1549) initiated the Council of Trent (1545–1563), a commission of cardinals tasked with institutional reform, addressing contentious issues such as corrupt bishops and priests, indulgences, and other financial abuses. Paul had been appointed Pope as a genuine convert to and lover of Catholicism, in the hope that he would represent a movement away from what had become a Papal Monarchy and caused struggles of power in the years preceding - epitomised with the Sack Of Rome 1527. Paul had proposed a General Church Council as early as 1536 but was unable to hold it until 1545 due to vulnerability of the Papacy - support of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V was needed, but he was occupied with the Hapsburg-Valois Conflict in Milan until the Peace of Crépy 1544. This fundamental political weakness is historically considered the reason which the outcomes of Trent were so conservative - the papacy could not afford to surrender power, and that power was held up by church abuses.
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Dolomites
The Dolomites (Ladin: Dolomites; Italian: Dolomiti; German: Dolomiten; Venetian: Dołomiti: Friulian: Dolomitis) are a mountain range located in north-eastern Italy. It is a part of Southern Limestone Alps and extends from the River Adige in the west to the Piave Valley (Pieve di Cadore) in the east. The northern and southern borders are defined by the Puster Valley and the Sugana Valley (Val Sugana). The Dolomites are nearly equally shared between the provinces of Belluno, South Tyrol and Trentino.
There are also mountain groups of similar geological structure that spread over the River Piave to the east – Dolomiti d'Oltrepiave; and far away over the Adige River to the west – Dolomiti di Brenta (Western Dolomites). There is also another smaller group called Piccole Dolomiti (Little Dolomites) located between the provinces of Trentino, Verona and Vicenza (see the map).
One national park and many other regional parks are located in the Dolomites. In August 2009, the Dolomites were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Faraglioni
Faraglioni is the collective name for three stacks located off the island of Capri in the Bay of Naples. The stacks have been given their own names: Stella (still attached to the main island), Mezzo (after Stella), and Scopolo (or Fuori). Its height is 109 m, 82 m and 106 m, respectively. The lacerta viridens faraglionesis or the blue-tinted lizard can only be found on Scopolo.
Historical photo
View from a boat
Painting by Albert Wenk
Faraglioni — Top view
Coordinates: 40°32′31″N 14°15′11″E / 40.54194°N 14.25306°E / 40.54194; 14.25306
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Ferrara
Ferrara listen (help·info) is a city and comune in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara. It is situated 50 km north-northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km north. The town has broad streets and numerous palaces dating from the 14th century and 15th century, when it hosted the court of the House of Este. For its beauty and cultural importance it has been qualified by UNESCO as World Heritage Site. Modern times have brought a renewal of industrial activity. Ferrara is on the main rail line from Bologna to Padua and Venice, and has branches to Ravenna, Poggio Rusco (for Suzzara) and Codigoro. In 2006, due to its important historical significance, Ferrara became the headquarters of the Italian Hermitage Museum. It is the fifth city in the world to have been linked with the Russian museum. From this union was born the Hermitage-Italy Foundation.
The origin of Ferrara is uncertain, it was probably settled by the inhabitants of the lagoons at the mouth of Po river; there are two early centers of settlement, one round the cathedral, the other, the castrum bizantino, being the San Pietro district, on the opposite shore, where the Primaro empties into the Volano channel. Ferrara appears first in a document of the Lombard king Desiderius of 753 AD, as a city forming part of the Exarchate of Ravenna. Desiderius pledged a Lombard ducatus ferrariae ("Duchy of Ferrara") in 757 to Pope Stephen II. After 984 it was a fief of Tedaldo, count of Modena and Canossa, nephew of the emperor Otto I. It afterwards made itself independent, and in 1101 was taken by siege by the countess Matilda. At this time it was mainly dominated by several great families, among them the prominent Adelardi (or Aleardi) family.
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France
France (Englishi/ˈfræns/ FRANSS or /ˈfrɑːns/ FRAHNSS; French: [fʁɑ̃s] ( listen)), officially the French Republic (French: République française [ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz]), is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. It is often referred to as l’Hexagone ("The Hexagon") because of the geometric shape of its territory. It is the largest western European country and it possesses the second-largest exclusive economic zone in the world, covering 11,035,000 km2 (4,260,000 sq mi), just behind that of the United States (11,351,000 km2 / 4,383,000 sq mi).
Over the past 500 years, France has been a major power with strong cultural, economic, military and political influence in Europe and around the world. During the 17th and 18th centuries, France colonised great parts of North America and Southeast Asia; during the 19th and early 20th centuries, France built the second largest colonial empire of the time, including large portions of North, West and Central Africa, Southeast Asia, and many Caribbean and Pacific Islands.
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Genoa
Genoa /ˈdʒɛnoʊ.ə/ (Italian: Genova [ˈdʒɛːnova] (
listen); Genoese and Ligurian Zena [ˈzeːna]; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is the capital of Liguria and the sixth largest city in Italy, with a population of 608,676 within its administrative limits on a land area of 243.6 km2 (94 sq mi). The urban zone of Genoa extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 718,896. The urban area of Genoa has a population of 800,709. In the metropolitan area live between 859,000 and 1.4 million or 1.5 million people. Genoa is one of Europe's largest cities on the Mediterranean Sea and the largest seaport in Italy.
Genoa has been nicknamed la Superba ("the Superb one") due to its glorious past and impressive landmarks. Part of the old town of Genoa was inscribed on the World Heritage List (UNESCO) in 2006 (see below). The city's rich art, music, gastronomy, architecture and history, allowed it to become the 2004's European Capital of Culture. It is the birthplace of Christopher Columbus.
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Germany
Germany (i/ˈdʒɜrməni/), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, pronounced [ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant] ( listen)), is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With 81.8 million inhabitants, it is the most populous member state and the largest economy in the European Union. It is one of the major political powers of the European continent and a technological leader in many fields.
A region named Germania, inhabited by several Germanic peoples, was documented before AD 100. During the Migration Period, the Germanic tribes expanded southward, and established successor kingdoms throughout much of Europe. Beginning in the 10th century, German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th century, northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant Reformation while southern and western parts remained dominated by Roman Catholic denominations, with the two factions clashing in the Thirty Years' War, marking the beginning of the Catholic–Protestant divide that has characterized German society ever since. Occupied during the Napoleonic Wars, the rise of Pan-Germanism inside the German Confederation resulted in the unification of most of the German states into the German Empire in 1871 which was Prussian dominated. After the German Revolution of 1918–1919 and the subsequent military surrender in World War I, the Empire was replaced by the Weimar Republic in 1918, and partitioned in the Treaty of Versailles. Amidst the Great Depression, the Third Reich was proclaimed in 1933. The latter period was marked by Fascism and World War II. After 1945, Germany was divided by allied occupation, and evolved into two states, East Germany and West Germany. In 1990 Germany was reunified.
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House of Menander
The House of Menander is a building in Pompeii, Italy. It is located in the southern half of the town, just northeast of the Little and Large Theaters, as well as the Gladiators’ barracks.The House of the Menander was almost as big as a whole city block An unknown architect constructed it in the late 1st century BC.
The name of the owner of the House of Menander is Quintus Poppeus, but due to the villa’s impressive size and intricate structure, as well as the numerous decorative touches such as frescoes, it has been concluded that a well-to-do merchant owned the house when Vesuvius erupted. This view is also supported by the house’s location near the center of town, only two blocks from the lavish Stabian Baths. Use of this bath-house, a public washhouse and brothel with walls covered in erotic art, was thought of as a sign of luxury.
The nationality of the owner is more in dispute than his economic status. Pompeii’s Mediterranean climate enticed many Romans to invest in holiday villas there, so it is possible that the owner at the time of Vesuvius’ eruption was a wealthy tourist, not a local.
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House of the Vettii
In Pompeii one of the most famous of the luxurious residences (domus) is the so-called House of the Vettii, preserved like the rest of the Roman city by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The house is named for its owners, two successful freedmen: Aulus Vettius Conviva, an Augustalis, and Aulus Vettius Restitutus. Its careful excavation has preserved almost all of the wall frescos, which were completed following the earthquake of 62 AD, in the manner art historians term the "Pompeiian Fourth Style."
The House of the Vettii is located on a back street, opposite a bar. The house is built round two compluviums, centers open to the sky, a dim atrium into which a visitor would pass, coming from a small dark vestibule that led from the street entrance, and beyond— perpendicular to the entrance axis— a daylit peristyle of fluted Doric columns surrounded on all sides by a richly frescoed portico, with the more formal spaces opening onto it. Servants' quarters are to one side off the atrium, ranged round a small atrium of their own. The major fresco decorations enliven the peristyle and its living spaces (oeci) and the triclinium or dining hall.
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Italy
Italyi/ˈɪtəli/ (Italian: Italia [iˈtaːlja]), officially the Italian Republic or the Republic of Italy (Italian: Repubblica italiana), is a unitary parliamentary republic in south-central Europe. To the north, it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia along the Alps. To the south, it consists of the entirety of the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Sardinia–the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea–and many other smaller islands. The independent states of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves within Italy, while Campione d'Italia is an Italian exclave in Switzerland. The territory of Italy covers some 301,338 km2 (116,347 sq mi) and is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. With 60.6 million inhabitants, it is the fifth most populous country in Europe, and the 23rd most populous in the world.
Rome, the capital of Italy, was for centuries a political and religious centre of Western civilisation as the capital of the Roman Empire and site of the Holy See. After the decline of the Roman Empire, Italy endured numerous invasions by foreign peoples, from Germanic tribes such as the Lombards and Ostrogoths, to the Byzantines and later, the Normans, among others. Centuries later, Italy became the birthplace of Maritime republics and the Renaissance, an immensely fruitful intellectual movement that would prove to be integral in shaping the subsequent course of European thought.
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Macellum of Pompeii
The Macellum of Pompeii was located on the Forum and as the provision market (or macellum) of Pompeii was one of the focal points of the ancient city. The building was constructed in several phases. When the earthquake of 62 CE destroyed large parts of Pompeii, the Macellum was also damaged. Archeological excavations in the modern era have revealed a building that had still not been fully repaired by the time of the eruption of 79 CE.
Of particular interest to researchers is the section of the Macellum located on the west side that is thought to have been dedicated to the imperial cult. It makes manifest how central a role the Emperors played in the lives of Romans as early as the 1st century. The other rooms on the west side are also interesting as examples of the link between economic and public life. Additionally, the market is an eloquent testimony to the everyday culture of the Romans, which is illustrated by archeological finds such as food remains, items of daily use and necessity, up to examples of Roman wall paintings.
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Mantua
Mantua (Italian: Mantova [ˈmantova] ( listen); Emilian and Latin: Mantua) is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy, and capital of the province of the same name. Mantua's historic power and influence under the Gonzaga family made it one of the main artistic, cultural, and especially musical hubs of Northern Italy and the country as a whole. Mantua is noted for its significant role in the history of opera, and the city is known for its architectural treasures and artifacts, elegant palaces, and medieval and Renaissance cityscape. It is the nearest town to the birthplace of the Roman writer Virgil. It is also the town to which Romeo was banished in William Shakespeare's Play Romeo and Juliet.
Mantua is surrounded on three sides by artificial lakes created during the 12th century. These receive the waters of the river Mincio, a tributary of the Po which descends from Lake Garda. The three lakes are called Lago Superiore, Lago di Mezzo, and Lago Inferiore ("Upper", "Middle", and "Lower Lake"). A fourth lake, Lake Pajolo, which once completed a defensive water ring of the city, dried up at the end of the 18th century.
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Martinique
Martinique (French pronunciation: [maʁtinik]) is an island in the Lesser Antilles in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a land area of 1,128 km2 (436 sq mi). Like Guadeloupe, it is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. To the northwest lies Dominica, to the south St Lucia, and to the southeast Barbados. As with the other overseas departments, Martinique is one of the twenty-seven regions of France (being an overseas region) and an integral part of the Republic. The first European to encounter the island was Christopher Columbus in 1502.
As part of France, Martinique is part of the European Union, and its currency is the Euro. Its official language is French, although many of its inhabitants also speak Antillean Creole (Créole Martiniquais).
The island was occupied first by Arawaks, then by Caribs. It was charted by Columbus in 1493, but Spain had little interest in the territory. It was claimed by France in 1635 and, despite several interludes of British occupation, once during the Seven Years' War and twice during the Napoleonic Wars, has remained a French possession. In 1946, the French National Assembly voted unanimously to transform the colony into an overseas department.
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Matera
Matera listen (help·info) is a town and a province in the region of Basilicata, in southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Matera. The town lies athwart a small canyon, which has been eroded in the course of years by a small stream, the Gravina.
The area of what is now Matera has been settled since the Palaeolithic. The city was allegedly founded by the Romans in the 3rd century BC, with the name of Matheola after the consul Lucius Caecilius Metellus. In AD 664 Matera was conquered by the Lombards and became part of the Duchy of Benevento. In the 7th and 8th centuries the nearby grottos were colonized by both Benedictine and Greek-Orthodox monastic institutions. The 9th and 10th centuries were characterized by the struggle between Saracens, Byzantines and the German emperors, including Louis II, who destroyed the city. After the settlement of the Normans in Apulia, Matera was ruled by William Iron-Arm from 1043. After a short communal phase and a series of pestilences and earthquakes, the city in the fifteenth century became an Aragonese possession, and was given in fief to the barons of the Tramontano family. In 1514, however, the population rebelled against the oppression and killed Count Giovanni Carlo Tramontano. In the seventeenth century Matera was handed over to the Orsini and then became part of the Terre d'Otranto di Puglia. Later it was capital of Basilicata, a position it retained until 1806, when Joseph Bonaparte reassigned it to Potenza. In 1927 it became capital of the Matera province. On September 21, 1943, the Materani rose against the German occupation, the first Italian city to fight against the Wehrmacht.
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Modena
Modena (Italian: [ˈmɔːdena] ( listen); Modenese: Mòdna; Latin: Mutina) is a city and comune (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.
An ancient town, it is the seat of an archbishop, but is now best known as "the capital of engines", since the factories of the famous Italian sports car makers Ferrari, De Tomaso, Lamborghini, Pagani and Maserati are, or were, located here and all, except Lamborghini, have headquarters in the city or nearby. Lamborghini is headquartered not far away in Sant'Agata Bolognese, in the adjacent Province of Bologna. One of Ferrari's cars, the 360 Modena, was named after the town itself. Also, one of the colors for Ferraris is Modena yellow.
The University of Modena, founded in 1175 and expanded by Francesco II d'Este in 1686, has traditional strengths in economics, medicine and law and is the second oldest athenaeum in Italy, sixth in the whole world[citation needed]. Italian officers are trained at the Italian Military Academy, located in Modena, and partly housed in the Baroque Ducal Palace. The Biblioteca Estense houses historical volumes and 3,000 manuscripts.
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Modena Cathedral
Modena Cathedral is a Romanesque church in Modena, Italy. It is the cathedral, or duomo in Italian, of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola. Consecrated in 1184, it is one of the most important Romanesque buildings in Europe and a World Heritage Site.
Two previous churches had been constructed on the site since the 5th century, but they had both been destroyed. Work on the modern Cathedral began in 1099, under the direction of the master builder Lanfranco, over the site of the sepulchre of Saint Geminianus, Modena's patron saint. The Saint's remains are still exhibited in the cathedral's crypt. The present cathedral was consecrated by Pope Lucius III on July 12, 1184.
After Lanfranco's work, the Cathedral was embellished by Anselmo da Campione and his heirs, the so-called "Campionese-masters". The current façade therefore exhibits different styles. The majestic rose-window was added by Anselmo in the 13th century, while the two lions supporting the entrance's columns are of Roman age, probably discovered while digging the foundations.
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Modica
Modica (Sicilian: Muòrica, Greek: Μότουκα, Latin: Mutyca or Motyca) is a city and comune in the Province of Ragusa, Sicily, southern Italy. The city is situated in the Hyblaean Mountains and, along with Val di Noto, is part of UNESCO Heritage Sites in Italy.
According to Thucydides, the city was founded in 1360 BC or 1031 BC and was inhabited by the Sicels in the 7th century BC. It was probably a dependency of Syracuse. Modica was occupied by the Romans after the battle of the Egadi islands against the Carthaginians in the Punic Wars 241 BC, together with Syracuse and all of Sicily. Modica became one of the thirty-five decuman ("spontaneously submitted") cities of the island and was oppressed by the praetor Verres. It became an independent municipium, and apparently a place of some consequence. The city is also mentioned among the inland towns of the island both by Pliny and Ptolemy; and though its name is not found in the Itineraries, it is again mentioned by the Geographer of Ravenna.Silius Italicus also includes it in his list of Sicilian cities, and immediately associates it with Netum (now Noto Antico), with which it was clearly in the same neighborhood.
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Monte San Giorgio
Monte San Giorgio is a wooded mountain (1,097 m above sea level) located between the south of canton Ticino in Switzerland and the region of Lombardy in Italy. Monte San Giorgio became a UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 2003, because it "is the single best known record of marine life in the Triassic period, and records important remains of life on land as well." The Italian side of the mountain was added as an extension to the World Heritage Site in 2010.
Media related to Monte San Giorgio at Wikimedia Commons
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Monterosso al Mare
Monterosso al Mare is a town and comune in the province of La Spezia, part of the region of Liguria (northern Italy). It is one of the five villages in Cinque Terre. It was extensively damaged by a flood on 24 October 2011.
The town is divided into two distinct parts: the old town and the new town. The two areas are divided by a single tunnel that caters to pedestrians and the very few cars in the town.
The beach at Monterosso runs along most of the coast line and is well used by tourists and locals. The beach is the only extensive sand beach in the Cinque Terre. Monterosso is a small town that in the summer months is overrun by tourists.
The village was briefly excluded from the Cinque Terre trail in 1948, but was re-introduced in mid-1949. This is because Italian officials considered the village too large to be considered part of the historic trail.
Monterosso was devastated by heavy flooding and mudslides on October 25, 2011.
The area is famous for its many lemon trees that can be seen throughout Monterosso. It is also renowned for its white wines, grapes, and olives.
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Naples
Coordinates: 40°50′42″N 14°15′30″E / 40.845°N 14.25833°E / 40.845; 14.25833
Naples (Italian: Napoli [ˈnaːpoli] ( listen), Neapolitan: Napule; Latin: Neapolis; Ancient Greek: Νεάπολις, meaning "new city") is the capital of Campania and the third-largest city in Italy, after Rome and Milan. As of 2012[update], around 960,000 people live within the city's administrative limits. The wider Naples urban area, covering 777 km2 (300 sq mi), has a population of over 3 million, and is the 10th-most populous urban area in the European Union. Between 4.1 and 4.4 million people live in the overall Naples metropolitan area, one of the largest European cities on the Mediterranean Sea.
Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Greek settlements were established on the island of Megaride in the Gulf of Naples as early as the 9th century BC. A larger mainland colony – initially known as Parthenope (Παρθενόπη) – developed around the 7th century BC, and was refounded as Neápolis (Νεάπολις) in the 5th century BC. Naples became a lynchpin of Magna Graecia and played a key role in the merging of Greek culture into Roman society, eventually becoming a cultural centre of the Roman Republic. Naples remained influential after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, serving as the capital city of the Kingdom of Naples between 1282 and 1816. Thereafter, in union with Sicily, it became the capital of the Two Sicilies until the unification of Italy in 1861. During the Neapolitan War of 1815, Naples strongly promoted Italian unification.
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Nola
Nola is a city and comune of Campania, southern Italy, in the province of Naples, situated in the plain between Mount Vesuvius and the Apennines. It is served by the Circumvesuviana railway from Naples.
Nola in Bronze Age times was the site of a settlement that has yielded evidence of the destructive power of an eruption by Mount Vesuvius between 1700 BC and 1600 BC (the Avellino eruption). Excavations revealed extensive evidence of a small village abandoned quickly by its occupants at the time of the eruption so that a wide range of pottery and other artifacts were left behind to survive with the imprint of buildings in the mud from the eruption.
Called Nuvlana on the most ancient coins, it was one of the oldest cities of Campania: it is said to have been founded by the Ausones. The latter were certainly in Nola about 560 BC. When it sent assistance to Naples against the Roman invasion (328 BC) it was probably occupied by the Oscans in alliance with the Samnites. In the Samnite War (311 BC) the town was taken by the Romans, while in the Second Punic War it thrice offered defiance to Hannibal (first, second, and third Battle of Nola) and on two occasions (215 and 214) it was defended by Marcellus. In the Social War it was given by treason into the hands of the Samnites, who kept it until Marius, with whom they had sided, was defeated by Sulla, who in 80 BC subjected it together with the rest of Samnium. Seven years later it was stormed by Spartacus, for which reason Augustus and Vespasian sent colonies there.
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Palace of Caserta
The Royal Palace of Caserta (Italian: Reggia di Caserta) is a former royal residence in Caserta, southern Italy, constructed for the Bourbon kings of Naples. It was the largest palace and one of the largest buildings erected in Europe during the 18th century. In 1997, the Palace was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, described in its nomination as "the swan song of the spectacular art of the Baroque, from which it adopted all the features needed to create the illusions of multidirectional space".
The construction of the palace was begun in 1752 for Charles VII of Naples, who worked closely with his architect Luigi Vanvitelli. When Charles saw Vanvitelli's grandly-scaled model for Caserta it filled him with emotion "fit to tear his heart from his breast". In the end, he never slept a night at the Reggia, as he abdicated in 1759 to become King of Spain, and the project was carried to completion for his third son and successor, Ferdinand IV of Naples.
The political and social model for Vanvitelli's palace was Versailles, which, though it is strikingly different in its variety and disposition, solves similar problems of assembling and providing for king, court and government in a massive building with the social structure of a small city, confronting a baroque view of a highly subordinated nature, la nature forcée. The Royal Palace of Madrid, where Charles had grown up, which had been devised by Filippo Juvarra for Charles' father, Philip V of Spain, and Charlottenburg Palace provided models. A spacious octagonal vestibule seems to have been inspired by Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute in Venice, while the palatine chapel is most often compared to Robert de Cotte's royal chapel at Versailles.
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Palazzolo Acreide
Palazzolo Acreide (Sicilian: Palazzolu Acrèidi, in the local dialect: Palazzuolu) is a town and comune of in the Province of Syracuse, Sicily (Italy). It is situated 43 km from the city of Syracuse in the Hyblean Mountains.
The area around Palazzolo Acreide was settled by humans since very ancient times. In the 11th-10th centuries BC the Siculi lived here in small villages. The town occupies the site of the ancient Akrai (Latin Acrae), founded by Syracuse about 664 BC. The city was important as it controlled the paths of communication with the towns on the southern coast of the island. According to Thucydides, the Syracusans defeated the Athenians here in 413 BC.
In the treaty between the Romans and Hiero II of Syracuse in 263 BC it was assigned to the latter. After the Roman conquest, it became a civitas stipendiaria, and was still prospering in the course of the early Christian age.
The old city was probably destroyed by the Arabs, in the first half of the ninth century. The new city was built around a Norman castle, no longer extant. An earthquake in 1693 destroyed almost all of the city, which was slowly rebuilt in the following centuries.
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Palmaria (island)
Palmaria is an Italian island situated in the Ligurian Sea, at the westernmost end of the Gulf of La Spezia. Measuring 1.6 km², it is the largest island of an archipelago of three closely spaced islands jutting out south from the mainland at Portovenere. The other islands, Tino, and the tiny Tinetto lie further south.
In 1997, the archipelago, together with Portovenere and the Cinque Terre, was designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
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Phoenicia
Phoenicia (UK /fɨˈnɪʃə/, US /fəˈniːʃə/; from the Greek: Φοινίκη: Phoiníkē), was an ancient Semitic Canaanite civilization situated on the western, coastal part of the Fertile Crescent. The major Phoenician cities were on the coastline of the Mediterranean. It was an enterprising maritime trading culture that spread across the Mediterranean from 1550 BC to 300 BC. The Phoenicians used the galley, a man-powered sailing vessel, and are credited with the invention of the bireme. They were famed in Classical Greece and Rome as 'traders in purple', referring to their monopoly on the precious purple dye of the Murex snail, used, among other things, for royal clothing, and for their spread of the alphabet (or abjad), upon which all major modern phonetic alphabets are derived.
In the Amarna tablets of the 14th century BC, people from the region called themselves Kenaani or Kinaani (Canaanites), although these letters predate the invasion of the Sea Peoples by over a century. Much later, in the 6th century BC, Hecataeus of Miletus writes that Phoenicia was formerly called χνα, a name Philo of Byblos later adopted into his mythology as his eponym for the Phoenicians: "Khna who was afterwards called Phoinix". Egyptian seafaring expeditions had already been made to Byblos to bring back "cedars of Lebanon" as early as the third millennium BC.
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Piazza dei Miracoli
The Piazza del Duomo ("Cathedral Square") is a wide, walled area at the heart of the city of Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, recognized as one of the main centers for medieval art in the world. Partly paved and partly grassed, it is dominated by four great religious edifices: the Duomo (cathedral), the Campanile (the cathedral's free standing bell tower), the Baptistry and the Camposanto.
It is otherwise known as Piazza dei Miracoli ("Square of Miracles"). This name was created by the Italian writer and poet Gabriele d'Annunzio who, in his novel Forse che si forse che no (1910) described the square in this way:
L’Ardea roteò nel cielo di Cristo, sul prato dei Miracoli.
which means: "The Ardea rotated over the sky of Christ, over the meadow of Miracles."
Often people tend to mistake the term with Campo dei Miracoli ("Field of Miracles"). This one is a fictional magical field in the book Pinocchio, where a gold coin seed will grow a money tree.
In 1987 the whole square was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Pienza
Pienza, a town and comune in the province of Siena, in the Val d'Orcia in Tuscany (central Italy), between the towns of Montepulciano and Montalcino, is the "touchstone of Renaissance urbanism."
In 1996, UNESCO declared the town a World Heritage Site, and in 2004 the entire valley, the Val d'Orcia, was included on the list of UNESCO's World Cultural Landscapes.
Pienza was rebuilt from a village called Corsignano, which was the birthplace (1405) of Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (Italian: Enea Silvio Piccolomini), a Renaissance humanist born into an exiled Sienese family, who later became Pope Pius II. Once he became Pope, Piccolomini had the entire village rebuilt as an ideal Renaissance town. Intended as a retreat from Rome, it represents the first application of humanist urban planning concepts, creating an impetus for planning that was adopted in other Italian towns and cities and eventually spread to other European centers.
The rebuilding was done by Florentine architect Bernardo Gambarelli (known as Bernardo Rossellino) who may have worked with the humanist and architect Leon Battista Alberti, though there are no documents to prove it for sure. Alberti was in the employ of the Papal Curia at the time and served as an advisor to Pius. Construction started about 1459. Pope Pius II consecrated the Duomo on August 29, 1462, during his long summer visit. He included a detailed description of the structures in his Commentaries, written during the last two years of his life.
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Plymouth, Montserrat
Coordinates: 16°42′23″N 62°12′57″W / 16.706417°N 62.215839°W / 16.706417; -62.215839
Plymouth is the de jure capital of the island of Montserrat, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom located in the Leeward Island chain of the Lesser Antilles, West Indies. The town was overwhelmed by volcanic eruptions starting in the 1990s and was abandoned. For centuries it had been the only port of entry to the island.
Beginning in July 1995, a series of huge eruptions at the Soufrière Hills volcano sent pyroclastic flows and ash falls across a wide area of southern Montserrat, including Plymouth. It was immediately clear that the city was in danger; on 21 August 1995, tephra fell on Plymouth, and in December residents were evacuated as a precaution. Residents were allowed back a few months later, but on 25 June 1997, a massive eruption produced pyroclastic surges that killed 19 people and reached nearly to the island's airport on the eastern side of the island. Plymouth was again evacuated.
Between 4–8 August a further series of eruptions destroyed approximately 80% of the city, burying it under 1.4 metres (4.6 ft) of ash. This hot material burned many of the buildings, making inhabitation nearly impossible for a sizable portion of the residents.
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Pompei
Pompei is a city and comune in the province of Naples in Campania, southern Italy, famous for its ancient Roman ruins. As of 2010 its population was of 25,671.
Modern Pompei was founded in 1891, after the building of the sanctuary, started by Bartolo Longo. He is considered as the founder of the modern town.
The town of Pompei is located at the eastern borders of its province, and its urban area is contiguous with Scafati, in the Province of Salerno. It borders also with Torre Annunziata, Castellammare di Stabia, Boscoreale, Santa Maria la Carità and Sant'Antonio Abate.
The city is mainly famous for the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii, located in the zone of Pompei Scavi.
The Shrine of Our Lady of Pompei, dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, has become a site for Catholic pilgrimages in recent years. It houses a canvas by Luca Giordano.
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Porto Venere
Porto Venere (until 1991 Portovenere) is a town and comune (municipality) located on the Ligurian coast of Italy in the province of La Spezia. It comprises the three villages of Fezzano, Le Grazie and Porto Venere, and the three islands of Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto. In 1997 Porto Venere and the villages of Cinque Terre were designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
The ancient Portus Veneris is believed to date back to at least the middle of the 1st century BC. It has been said that the name refers to a temple to the goddess Venus which was sited on the promontory where the church of Peter the Apostle now stands. The name has also been linked to that of the hermit Saint Venerius. In Roman times the city was essentially a fishing community.
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Ragusa, Sicily
Ragusa listen (help·info) (Sicilian: Rausa; Latin: Ragusia) is a city and comune in southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Ragusa, on the island of Sicily, with around 75,000 inhabitants. It is built on a wide limestone hill between two deep valleys, Cava San Leonardo and Cava Santa Domenica. Together with seven other cities in the Val di Noto, it is listed among the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
The origins of Ragusa can be traced back to the 2nd millennium BC, when in its area there were several settlements of the ancient Sicels. The current Ragusa Ibla lies probably on one of them, identified as Hybla Heraea.
The ancient city, located on a 300 m high hill, entered in contact with the nearby Greek colonies, and developed thanks to the nearby port of Camerina. After a short Carthaginian rule, it was administrated by the Romans and the Byzantines: the latter fortified the city and built a large castle. Ragusa was occupied by the Arabs in 848 AD, remaining under their rule until the 11th century, when the Normans conquered it. Selected as County seat, its first Count was Geoffrey, son of Count Roger I of Sicily.
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Ravenna
Ravenna [raˈvenna] ( listen) (Romagnol: Ravêna) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire from 402 until that empire collapsed in 476. Afterwards, it served as the capital of the Kingdom of the Ostrogoths. The city formed the centre of the Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna until the invasion of the Franks in 751, after which it became the seat of the Kingdom of the Lombards.
Although an inland city, Ravenna is connected to the Adriatic Sea by the Candiano Canal. It is the location of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The origin of the name Ravenna is unclear, although it is believed the name is Etruscan. Some have speculated that "ravenna" is related to "Rasenna" (later "Rasna"), the term that the Etruscans used for themselves, but there is no agreement on this point.[citation needed]
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Rhaetian Railway
Coordinates: 46°24′32″N 10°1′11″E / 46.40889°N 10.01972°E / 46.40889; 10.01972
The Rhaetian Railway (German: Rhätische Bahn, Italian: Ferrovia Retica, Romansh: Viafier Retica, abbreviated RhB) is a Swiss transport company, owning the largest network of all the private railways in Switzerland. The company operates most of the railways in the Swiss canton of Graubünden as the Swiss federal railway company SBB-CFF-FFS extend only a few kilometres over the cantonal border to the capital at Chur. Almost the entire network is in Graubünden, with one station at Tirano in Italy.
The Rhaetian Railway serves a number of major tourist centres, including St Moritz and Davos. One of the lines, the Berninabahn, crosses the Bernina Pass to the Italian border and on to Tirano, Lombardy, where there is a link to the Italian railways.
In 2008 the Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes (the part from Thusis to Tirano, including St. Moritz) was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. On October 20, 2011 Google announced that the Albula-Bernina line would be the first rail line in the world to be photographed and put on Google Street View.
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Riomaggiore
Riomaggiore (Rimazùu in the local Ligurian language) is a village and comune in the province of La Spezia, situated in a small valley in the Liguria region of Italy. It is the first of the Cinque Terre one meets when traveling north from La Spezia.
The village, dating from the early thirteenth century, is known for its historic character and its wine, produced by the town's vineyards. Riomaggiore is in the Riviera di Levante region and has shoreline on the Mediterranean's Gulf of Genoa, with a small beach and a wharf framed by tower houses. Riomaggiore's main street is Via Colombo and numerous restaurants, bars & shops can be found on this street.
The Via dell'Amore is a path connecting Riomaggiore to its frazione Manarola, also part of the Cinque Terre.
Riomaggiore is the most southern village of the five Cinque Terre, all connected by trail. The water and mountainside have been declared national parks.
Riomaggiore inspired paintings by Telemaco Signorini (1835-1901), one of the artists of the Macchiaioli group.
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Rome
Rome (/ˈroʊm/; Italian: Roma pronounced [ˈroːma] ( listen); Latin: Rōma) is a city and special comune ("Roma Capitale") in Italy. Rome is the capital of Italy and the capital of Lazio (Latin: Latium). With 2.8 million residents in 1,285.3 km2 (496.3 sq mi), it is also the country's largest and most populated comune and fourth-most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. Between 3.2 and 3.7 million people live in the Rome metropolitan area. The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.
Rome's history spans two and a half thousand years. It was the capital city of the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, which was the dominant power in Western Europe and the lands bordering the Mediterranean for over seven hundred years from the 1st century BC until the 7th century AD and the city is regarded as one of the birthplaces of western civilization. Since the 1st century AD Rome has been the seat of the Papacy and, after the end of Byzantine domination, in the 8th century it became the capital of the Papal States, which lasted until 1870. In 1871 Rome became the capital of the Kingdom of Italy, and in 1946 that of the Italian Republic.
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Sabbioneta
Sabbioneta is a town and comune in the province of Mantua, Lombardy region, Northern Italy. It is situated about 30 km north of Parma, not far from the northern bank of the Po River. It was inscribed in the World Heritage List in 2008.
Sabbioneta was founded by Vespasiano I Gonzaga in the late 16th century along the ancient Roman Via Vitelliana, on a sandy bank of the Po (whence the name, meaning "Sandy" in Italian; he was its first duke, using it as a personal fortress and residence.
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It was also during this period that it became a minor musical centre; composers such as Benedetto Pallavicino were employed here by Vespasiano Gonzaga, prior to his moving to the main Gonzaga city of Mantua.
In 2008, Sabbioneta was inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List as a recognition of its perfect example of practical application of Renaissance urban planning theories.
Sabbioneta is also known for its historic Jewish Ghetto and Synagogue, and in particular for its Hebrew printing-press. In 1551 Tobias Foa set up the press; he had, however, published certain "anti-Christian books" and his career was "forcibly ended". His work and possibly his type were taken up by a Christian printer, Vicenzo Conte.
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San Gimignano
San Gimignano is a small walled medieval hill town in the province of Siena, Tuscany, north-central Italy. It is mainly famous for its medieval architecture, especially its towers, which may be seen from several kilometres outside the town.
The town also is known for the white wine, Vernaccia di San Gimignano, produced from the Vernaccia grape which is grown in the area.
San Gimignano was founded as a small village in the 3rd century BC by the Etruscans. Historical records begin in the 10th century, when it adopted the name of the bishop Saint Geminianus, who had defended it from Attila's Huns.
In the Middle Ages and Renaissance era, it was a stopping point for Catholic pilgrims on their way to Rome and the Vatican, as it sits on the medieval Via Francigena. The city's development also was improved by the trade of agricultural products from the fertile neighbouring hills.
In 1199, during the period of its highest splendour, the city made itself independent from the bishops of Volterra. Divisions between Guelphs and Ghibellines troubled the inner life of the commune, which nonetheless, still managed to embellish itself with artworks and architectures.
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San Leucio
San Leucio is a frazione of the comune of Caserta, in the region of Campania in southern Italy. It is most notable for a resort developed around an old silk factory, included in the UNESCO World Heritage sites list in 1997.
It is located 3.5 km northwest of Caserta, at 145 m above sea level.
In 1750 Charles VII of Naples, advised by minister Bernardo Tanucci, selected this place, originally the site of a royal hunting lodge for the Acquaviva family (now restored, and known as Palazzo del Belvedere), for an unusual social and tecnological experiment, a different model of production based on technical innovation and alert to the needs of workers. In its early days, San Leucio resort was a place for pleasure and a royal hunting preserve, built on the ruins of Saint Leucio church, where an aqueduct carried water to the waterfalls of the Royal Caserta Palace, designed by Vanvitelli. The son of Charles, Ferdinand I, had a hunting lodge built for himself on this site. He was a very skillful hunter who disliked the pleasures and luxury of court life. It was here that Charles and the young king Ferdinand built a silk factory. The complex was transformed into a silk production site and industrial buildings were added, which was quite unique in late 18th-century Europe. Architect Francesco Collecini designed these industrial buildings, where noisy looms were installed next to royal apartments and a sitting room became a chapel for the workers.
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Sarno
Sarno is a town and comune of Campania, Italy, in the province of Salerno, 20 km northeast from the city of Salerno and 60 km east of Naples by the main railway.
It lies at the foot of the Appennines, near the sources of the Sarno River, called Sarnus in ancient times, a stream connected by canal with Pompei and the sea.
Paper, cotton, silk, linen and hemp are manufactured. The travertine which forms round the springs of the Sarno was used even at ancient Pompeii as building material.
Before its incorporation with the domains of the crown of Naples, Sarno gave its name to a county held in succession by the Orsini, Coppola, Suttavilla, and Colonna families.
On May 5, 1998 Sarno and the neighbouring villages of Quindici, Siano and Bracigliano were devastated by a series of landslides. 180 houses were destroyed, 450 severely damaged, and 161 people died in what was one of the biggest catastrophes of its kind in modern Italy. The landslides had been caused by several days of torrential rainfalls, but were also blamed on agricultural, residential and industrial overexploitation and the lack of any substantial environmental programs. The catastrophe prompted the Italian Ministry of the Environment to introduce a couple of legislative measures for environmental protection which have come to be known as legge Sarno.
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Sarno River
The Sarno, known as Sarnus to the Romans, is a stream that passes through Pompeii to the south of the Italian city of Naples. It is considered the most polluted river in Europe. It flows about 24 km from Mt. Sarno to Naples.
Coordinates: 40°44′N 14°28′E / 40.733°N 14.467°E / 40.733; 14.467
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Sassi di Matera
The Sassi di Matera (meaning "stones of Matera") are prehistoric cave dwellings in the Italian city of Matera, Basilicata. Situated in the old town, they are composed of the Sasso Caveoso and the later Sasso Barisano.
The "Sassi" grew in the area of Murgia Plateau, extended between Apulia and Basilicata.
Matera has gained international fame for its "Sassi". The Sassi originate from a prehistoric (troglodyte) settlement, and are suspected to be some of the first human settlements in Italy.
The Sassi are houses dug into the calcarenitic rock itself, which is characteristic of Basilicata and Puglia, and is locally called "tufo" though it should not be confused with the volcanic tuff nor with tufa. Many of these "houses" are really only caverns, and the streets in some parts of the Sassi often are located on the rooftops of other houses. The ancient town grew in height on one slope of the ravine created by a river that is now a small stream. The ravine is known locally as "la Gravina".
In the 1950s, the government of Italy forcefully relocated most of the population of the Sassi to areas of the developing modern city. However, people continued to live in the Sassi, and according to the English Fodor's guide:
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Scicli
Scicli is a city in the Province of Ragusa in the south east of Sicily, southern Italy. It is 25 kilometres from Ragusa, and 308 kilometres from Palermo. Alongside seven other cities in the Val di Noto, it has been listed as one of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites.
Settlements of the area of Scicli dates back to the Copper and Early Bronze Ages (3rd millennium BC to the 15th century BC).
Scicli was founded by the Sicels (whence probably the name) around 300 BCE. In the Middle Ages, like all of Sicily, Scicli was ruled by the Arabs, under whom it lived a flourishing period as agricultural and trade center, and then, after its conquest by Roger I of Hauteville in 1091, by the Normans. Scicli was one of the garrison which rebelled against the Angevine domination in the Sicilian Vespers (April 5, 1282). Following the various dynasties ruling the Kingdom of Sicily, it was an Aragonese-Spanish possession before being united in the Kingdom of Italy in the mid nineteenth century.
Following a catastrophic earthquake in 1693, much of the town was rebuilt in the Sicilian baroque style, which today gives the town the elegant appearance which draws many tourists to visit the city.
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Slovenia
Slovenia (i/sloʊˈviːniə/ sloh-VEE-nee-ə, Slovene: Slovenija), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Republika Slovenija, [reˈpublika sloˈveːnija]) is a Slavic nation state, situated in South-Central Europe, at the crossroad of main European cultural and trade routes. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Croatia to the south and southeast, and Hungary to the northeast. It covers 20,273 square kilometres (7,827 sq mi) and has a population of 2.05 million. It is a parliamentary republic, member of the European Union and NATO. Relative to its geography, history, economy, culture, and language, it is a very diverse country distinguished by a transitional character. It is characterised by a high economic and social level. Its capital and largest city is Ljubljana.
The territory of Slovenia is mainly hilly or mountainous and has an exceptionally high landscape and biological diversity and a mosaic structure, which are a result of natural attributes and the long-lasting presence of humans. Four major European geographic units interweave here: the Alps, the Dinaric Alps, the Mediterranean, with a small portion of coastline along the Adriatic Sea, and the Pannonian Plain. The climate is temperate and significantly influenced by the variety of territory, with a strong interaction of the continental climate, the sub-Mediterranean climate and Alpine climate across most of the country. The country is one of the water-richest in Europe, with a dense river network, a rich aquifer system, and significant karstic underground watercourses. Over half of the territory is covered by forest.
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Sorrento Peninsula
The Sorrentine Peninsula or Sorrento Peninsula is a peninsula located in southern Italy that separates the Gulf of Naples to the north from the Gulf of Salerno to the south.
The peninsula is named after its main town, Sorrento, which is located on the north (Gulf of Naples) coast. The Amalfi Coast is located on the southern side. The island of Capri lies off the western tip of the peninsula in the Tyrrhenian Sea. The whole area is an important destination for tourism.
The peninsula lies on the territory of the province of Naples with 9 comunes and the province of Salerno with 12 comunes.
The nearest airports are:
Media related to Sorrento Peninsula at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 40°37′29″N 14°25′00″E / 40.6246°N 14.4168°E / 40.6246; 14.4168
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Switzerland
Switzerland (German: die Schweiz[ˈʃvaɪts]; French: Suisse [sɥis(ə)]; Italian: Svizzera [ˈzvit͡sːɛra]; Romansh: Svizra [ˈʒviːtsrɐ] or [ˈʒviːtsʁːɐ]), in its full name the Swiss Confederation (Latin: Confoederatio Helvetica, hence its abbreviation CH), is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in western Europe, where it is bordered by Germany to the north, France to the west, Italy to the south, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east.
Switzerland is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, spanning an area of 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi). While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, the Swiss population of approximately 8 million people is concentrated mostly on the Plateau, where the largest cities are to be found. Among them are the two global cities and economic centres of Zurich and Geneva.
The Swiss Confederation has a long history of armed neutrality—it has not been in a state of war internationally since 1815—and did not join the United Nations until 2002. It pursues, however, an active foreign policy and is frequently involved in peace-building processes around the world. Switzerland is also the birthplace of the Red Cross and home to a large number of international organizations, including the second largest UN office. On the European level, it is a founding member of the European Free Trade Association and is part of the Schengen Area – although it is notably not a member of the European Union, nor the European Economic Area.
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Syracuse, Italy
Syracuse (Italian: Siracusa pronounced [siraˈkuːza] ( listen); Sicilian: Sarausa; Latin: Syracusæ; Ancient Greek: Συρακοῦσαι Syrakoúsai) is a historic city in Sicily, the capital of the province of Syracuse. The city is notable for its rich Greek history, culture, amphitheatres, architecture, and as the birthplace of the preeminent mathematician and engineer Archimedes. This 2,700-year-old city played a key role in ancient times, when it was one of the major powers of the Mediterranean world. Syracuse is located in the southeast corner of the island of Sicily, right by the Gulf of Syracuse next to the Ionian Sea.
The city was founded by Ancient Greek Corinthians and became a very powerful city-state. Syracuse was allied with Sparta and Corinth, exerting influence over the entire Magna Grecia area of which it was the most important city. Once described by Cicero as "the greatest Greek city and the most beautiful of them all", it later became part of the Roman Republic and Byzantine Empire. After this Palermo overtook it in importance, as the capital of the Kingdom of Sicily. Eventually the kingdom would be united with the Kingdom of Naples to form the Two Sicilies until the Italian unification of 1860.
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Syracuse, Sicily
Syracuse (Italian: Siracusa pronounced [siraˈkuːza] ( listen); Sicilian: Sarausa; Latin: Syracusæ; Ancient Greek: Συρακοῦσαι Syrakoúsai) is a historic city in Sicily, the capital of the province of Syracuse. The city is notable for its rich Greek history, culture, amphitheatres, architecture, and as the birthplace of the preeminent mathematician and engineer Archimedes. This 2,700-year-old city played a key role in ancient times, when it was one of the major powers of the Mediterranean world. Syracuse is located in the southeast corner of the island of Sicily, right by the Gulf of Syracuse next to the Ionian Sea.
The city was founded by Ancient Greek Corinthians and became a very powerful city-state. Syracuse was allied with Sparta and Corinth, exerting influence over the entire Magna Grecia area of which it was the most important city. Once described by Cicero as "the greatest Greek city and the most beautiful of them all", it later became part of the Roman Republic and Byzantine Empire. After this Palermo overtook it in importance, as the capital of the Kingdom of Sicily. Eventually the kingdom would be united with the Kingdom of Naples to form the Two Sicilies until the Italian unification of 1860.
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Tarquinia
Tarquinia, formerly Corneto and in Antiquity Tarquinii, is an ancient city in the province of Viterbo, Lazio, Italy.
Tarquinii (Etruscan Tarch(u)na etc.[citation needed]) is said to have been already a flourishing city when Demaratus of Corinth brought in Greek workmen. It was the chief of the twelve cities of Etruria.
Descendants of Demaratus, Lucius Tarquinius Priscus and Lucius Tarquinius Superbus became kings of ancient Rome. From Tarquinii many of the religious rites and ceremonies of Rome are said to have been derived, and even in imperial times a collegium of sixty haruspices continued to exist there.
In 509 BC, after the overthrow of the Roman monarchy, the family of Tarquinius Superbus went into exile in Caere in Etruria. Tarquin sought to regain the throne, at first by the Tarquinian conspiracy and, when that failed, by force of arms. He convinced the cities of Tarquinii and Veii to support him, and led their armies against Rome in the Battle of Silva Arsia. Although the Roman army was victorious, it is recorded by Livy that the forces of Tarquinii fought well on the right wing, initially pushing back the Roman left wing. After the battle the forces of Tarquinii returned home.
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Tinetto
Tinetto is an Italian island situated in the Ligurian Sea. It is part of an archipelago of three closely spaced islands jutting out south from the mainland at Portovenere. In 1997, the archipelago, together with Portovenere and the Cinque Terre, was designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
A subspecies of the common wall lizard, Podarcis muralis tinettoi, is endemic to the island.
Coordinates: 44°01′24.63″N 9°51′04.55″E / 44.0235083°N 9.8512639°E / 44.0235083; 9.8512639
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Tino (island)
Tino is an Italian island situated in the Ligurian Sea, at the westernmost end of the Gulf of La Spezia. It is part of an archipelago of three closely spaced islands jutting out south from the mainland at Portovenere. The largest of the three, Palmaria, lies to the north and the tiny Tinetto to the south.
In 1997, the archipelago, together with Portovenere and the Cinque Terre, was designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
The patron saint of the Gulf of La Spezia, Saint Venerius (Italian San Venerio), is said to have lived in on the island as a hermit, and later as abbot, until his death in 630. His feast is celebrated here annually on 13 September. It is thought that a sanctuary was constructed at the place of Venerio's death to contain his remains and that this was extended to form a monastery in eleventh century. The remains of the monastery can be seen on the northern coast of the island.
Today the island, which is part of a military zone, is surmounted by a lighthouse.
German Soldiers in 1944, during the Second World War
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Urbino
Urbino listen (help·info) is a walled city in the Marche region of Italy, south-west of Pesaro, a World Heritage Site notable for a remarkable historical legacy of independent Renaissance culture, especially under the patronage of Federico da Montefeltro, duke of Urbino from 1444 to 1482. The town, nestled on a high sloping hillside, retains much of its picturesque medieval aspect, only slightly marred by the large car parks below the town. It hosts the University of Urbino, founded in 1506, and is the seat of the Archbishop of Urbino. Its best-known architectural piece is the Palazzo Ducale, rebuilt by Luciano Laurana.
The modest Roman town of Urvinum Mataurense ("the little city on the river Mataurus") became an important strategic stronghold in the Gothic Wars of the 6th century, captured in 538 from the Ostrogoths by the Byzantine general Belisarius, and frequently mentioned by the historian Procopius.
Though Pippin presented Urbino to the Papacy, independent traditions were expressed in its commune, until, around 1200, it came into the possession of the House of Montefeltro. Although these noblemen had no direct authority over the commune, they could pressure it to elect them to the position of podestà, a title that Bonconte di Montefeltro managed to obtain in 1213, with the result that Urbino's population rebelled and formed an alliance with the independent commune of Rimini (1228), finally regaining control of the town in 1234. Eventually, though, the Montefeltro noblemen took control once more, and held it until 1508. In the struggles between the Guelphs and Ghibellines where factions supported either the Papacy or the Holy Roman Empire, the 13th and 14th century Montefeltro lords of Urbino were leaders of the Ghibellines of the Marche and in the Romagna region.
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Val d'Orcia
The Val d’Orcia, or Valdorcia, is a region of Tuscany, central Italy, which extends from the hills south of Siena to Monte Amiata. It is characterised by gentle, carefully cultivated hills occasionally broken by gullies and by picturesque towns and villages such as Pienza (rebuilt as an “ideal town” in the 15th century under the patronage of Pope Pius II), Radicofani (home to the notorious brigand-hero Ghino di Tacco) and Montalcino (the Brunello di Montalcino is counted among the most prestigious of Italian wines). It is a landscape which has become familiar through its depiction in works of art from the Renaissance painting to the modern photograph.
In 2004 the Val d’Orcia was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites under these criteria:
Coordinates: 43°04′N 11°33′E / 43.067°N 11.55°E / 43.067; 11.55
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Val di Noto
Val di Noto (English: Province of Noto) is a geographical area of south east Sicily; it is dominated by the limestone Iblean plateau.
The Val di Noto owes its fame to the reconstruction which underwent after the year 1693, when the entire area was decimated by an enormous earthquake. Following the earthquake, many towns were rebuilt on entirely new sites, such as Noto and Grammichele. The rulers of the time, the kings of Spain, accounted the nobleman Giuseppe Lanza with special powers, which allowed him to redesign the damaged towns based on rational and scenographic town plans.
In fact, since the beginning of the Renaissance, architects had the dream to build an entirely new ideal city, where town planning follows rational design and streets and buildings are organized by functionality and beauty. However, only a very small part of their projects were really used, and most of them were limited to the reorganization of a street, like the Strada Nuova in Florence or the redesign of small villages, like the town of Pienza.
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Valle dei Templi
The Valle dei Templi (English: Valley of the Temples, Sicilian: Vaddi di li Tempri) is an archaeological site in Agrigento (ancient Greek Akragas), Sicily, southern Italy. It is one of the most outstanding examples of Greater Greece art and architecture, and is one of the main attractions of Sicily as well as a national monument of Italy. The area was included in the UNESCO Heritage Site list in 1997. Much of the excavation and restoration of the temples was due to the efforts of archaeologist Domenico Antonio Lo Faso Pietrasanta (1783–1863), who was the Duke of Serradifalco from 1809 through 1812.
The term "valley" is a misnomer, the site being located on a ridge outside the town of Agrigento.
The Valley includes remains of seven temples, all in Doric style. The ascription of the names, apart from that of the Olympeion, are a mere tradition established in Renaissance times. The temples are:
The Valley is also home to the so-called Tomb of Theron, a large tuff monument of pyramidal shape; scholars suppose it was built to commemorate the Romans killed in the Second Punic War.
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Vallo di Diano
The Vallo di Diano (also known as Valdiano) is an italian valley of the south-eastern side of Campania, in the Province of Salerno.
Situated between the Alburni mountains and the borders of Campania with Basilicata, it is considered a geographical subregion of Cilento and is part of the Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park, World Heritage Site of Italy from 1998. The greatest forestal park, mainly located in cilentan side, is Pruno.
The area is composed by 17 municipalities, and the greatest one is Sala Consilina, with c/a 15,000 inhabitants. The others are Atena Lucana, Auletta, Buonabitacolo, Caggiano, Casalbuono, Monte San Giacomo, Montesano sulla Marcellana, Padula, Pertosa, Polla, San Pietro al Tanagro, Sant'Arsenio, San Rufo, Sanza, Sassano and Teggiano.
The valley is served by the A3 motorway Naples-Reggio Calabria, with the exits of Petina , Polla, Atena Lucana, Sala Consilina and Padula-Buonabitacolo. From this last exit it departs a speedway to Policastro Bussentino and Sapri with exits in Buonabitacolo and Sanza.
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Venice
Venice (Italian: Venezia [veˈnɛttsja] ( listen), Venetian: Venexia [veˈnɛsja]; (Latin: Venetia) is a city in northeast Italy sited on a group of 118 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges. It is located in the marshy Venetian Lagoon which stretches along the shoreline between the mouths of the Po and the Piave Rivers. Venice is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. The city in its entirety is listed as World Heritage Site, along with its lagoon.
Venice is the capital of the Veneto region. In 2009, there were 270,098 people residing in Venice's comune (the population estimate of 272,000 inhabitants includes the population of the whole Comune of Venezia; around 60,000 in the historic city of Venice (Centro storico); 176,000 in Terraferma (the Mainland), mostly in the large frazioni of Mestre and Marghera; 31,000 live on other islands in the lagoon). Together with Padua and Treviso, the city is included in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area (PATREVE) (population 1,600,000).
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Vernazza
Vernazza is a town and comune located in the province of La Spezia, Liguria, northwestern Italy. It is one of the five towns that make up the Cinque Terre region. Vernazza is the fourth town heading north, has no car traffic and remains one of the truest "fishing villages" on the Italian Riviera.
Vernazza's name is derived from the Latin adjective verna meaning "native" and the aptly named indigenous wine, "vernaccia" ("local" or "ours"), helped give birth to the village's moniker.
First records recognizing Vernazza as a fortified town date back to the year 1080. Referred to as an active maritime base of the Obertenghi, a family of Italian nobility, it was a likely point of departure for naval forces in defence of pirates.
Over the next two centuries Vernazza was vital in Genova's conquest of Liguria, providing port, fleet and soldiers. In 1209, the approximately 90 most powerful families of Vernazza pledged their allegiance to the republic of Genova.
The first documented presence of a Church dates back to 1251, with the parish of San Pietro sited in 1267. Reference to the Church of Santa Margherita d'Antiochia of Vernazza occurs in 1318. Some scholars are of the opinion, due to the use of materials and mode of construction, that the actual creation of the Church of Santa Margherita d'Antiochia took place earlier, sometime in the 12th century. The Church of Santa Margherita d'Antiochia was expanded upon and renovated over the course of the 16th and 17th centuries, and thereafter was erected the octoganal bell tower that rises from the apse.
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Verona
Verona (Italian pronunciation: [veˈroːna] ( listen); Venetian Verona (pron. Veròna); German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of northeast Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona covers an area of 1,426 km2 (550.58 sq mi) and has a population of 714,274 inhabitants. It is one of the main tourist destinations in northern Italy, owing to its artistic heritage, several annual fairs, shows, and operas, such as the lyrical season in the Arena, the ancient amphitheatre built by the Romans.
The city has been awarded World Heritage Site status by UNESCO because of its urban structure and architecture.
The precise details of Verona's early history remain a mystery. The origin of the name Verona is also unknown. One theory is it was a city of the Euganei, who were obliged to give it up to the Cenomani (550 BC). With the conquest of the Vaecame Roman (about 300 BC) Verona became a Roman colonia in 89 BC, and then a municipium in 49 BC; Verona had the franchise in 59.
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Vicenza
Vicenza listen (help·info), a city in north-eastern Italy, is the capital of the eponymous province in the Veneto region, at the northern base of the Monte Berico, straddling the Bacchiglione. Vicenza is approximately 60 km west of Venice and 200 km east of Milan.
Vicenza is a thriving and cosmopolitan city, with a rich history and culture, and many museums, art galleries, piazzas, villas, churches and elegant Renaissance palazzi. With the Palladian Villas of the Veneto in the surrounding area, and his renowned Teatro Olimpico (Olympic Theatre), the "city of Palladio" has been enlisted as UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1994.
As of December 2008, Vicenza had an estimated population of c. 115,927, and a metropolitan area of 270 000. Vicenza is the third-largest Italian industrial centre as measured by the value of its exports, and is one of the country's wealthiest cities. Especially due to its textile and steel industries which employ tens of thousands and about one fifth of the country's gold and jewelry is made in Vicenza, greatly contributing to the city's economy. Another important branch is the engineering/computer components industry (Federico Faggin, the microprocessor's co-inventor was born in Vicenza).
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Villa d'Este
The Villa d'Este is a villa in Tivoli, near Rome, Italy. Listed as a UNESCO world heritage site, it is a fine example of Renaissance architecture and the Italian Renaissance garden.
The Villa d'Este was commissioned by Cardinal Ippolito II d'Este, son of Alfonso I d'Este and Lucrezia Borgia and grandson of Pope Alexander VI. He had been appointed Governor of Tivoli by Pope Julius III, with the gift of the existing villa, which he had entirely reconstructed to plans of Pirro Ligorio carried out under the direction of the Ferrarese architect-engineer Alberto Galvani, court architect of the Este. The chief painter of the ambitious internal decoration was Livio Agresti from Forlì. From 1550 until his death in 1572, when the villa was nearing completion, Cardinal d'Este created a palatial setting surrounded by a spectacular terraced garden in the late-Renaissance mannerist style, which took advantage of the dramatic slope but required innovations in bringing a sufficient water supply, which was employed in cascades, water tanks, troughs and pools, water jets and fountains, giochi d'acqua. The result is one of the series of great 17th century villas with water-play structures in the hills surrounding the Roman Campagna, such as the Villa Lante, the Villa Farnese at Caprarola and the Villas Aldobrandini and Torlonia in Frascati. Their garden planning and their water features were imitated in the next two centuries from Portugal to Poland.
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Agrippa
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (c. 23 October or November 64/63 BC – 12 BC) was a Roman statesman and general. He was a close friend, son-in-law, lieutenant and defence minister to Octavian, the future Emperor Caesar Augustus and father-in-law of the Emperor Tiberius, maternal grandfather of the Emperor Caligula, and maternal great-grandfather of the Emperor Nero. He was responsible for most of Octavian’s military victories, most notably winning the naval Battle of Actium against the forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII of Egypt.
Agrippa was born between 23 October and 23 November in 64–62 BC, in an uncertain location. His father was perhaps called Lucius Vipsanius Agrippa. He had an elder brother whose name was also Lucius Vipsanius Agrippa, and a sister named Vipsania Polla. The family had not been prominent in Roman public life. However, Agrippa was about the same age as Octavian (the future emperor Augustus), and the two were educated together and became close friends. Despite Agrippa's association with the family of Julius Caesar, his elder brother chose another side in the civil wars of the 40s BC, fighting under Cato against Caesar in Africa. When Cato's forces were defeated, Agrippa's brother was taken prisoner but freed after Octavian interceded on his behalf.
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Austria
Austria (i/ˈɒstriə/ or /ˈɔːstriə/; German: Österreich [ˈøːstɐˌʁaɪç] ( listen)), officially the Republic of Austria (German: Republik Österreich (help·info)), is a landlocked country of roughly 8.47 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Hungary and Slovakia to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The territory of Austria covers 83,855 square kilometres (32,377 sq mi) and has a temperate and alpine climate. Austria's terrain is highly mountainous due to the presence of the Alps; only 32% of the country is below 500 metres (1,640 ft), and its highest point is 3,798 metres (12,461 ft). The majority of the population speak local Austro-Bavarian dialects of German as their native language, and German in its standard form is the country's official language. Other local official languages are Burgenland Croatian, Hungarian and Slovene.
The origins of modern-day Austria date back to the time of the Habsburg dynasty when the vast majority of the country was a part of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. During the 17th and 18th centuries, Austria became one of the great powers of Europe and, in response to the coronation of Napoleon I as the Emperor of the French, the Austrian Empire was officially proclaimed in 1804. In 1867, the Austrian Empire was reformed into Austria-Hungary.
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Charles III of Spain
Charles III (Spanish: Carlos III; Italian: Carlo III; 20 January 1716 – 14 December 1788) was the King of Spain and the Spanish Indies from 1759 to 1788. He was the eldest son of Philip V of Spain and his second wife, the Princess Elisabeth Farnese. In 1731, the fifteen-year-old Charles became the Duke of Parma and Piacenza, as Charles I, at the death of his childless great uncle Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma.
In 1734, as the Duke of Parma, he conquered the kingdoms of Naples and of Sicily, and was crowned as the King of Naples and Sicily on 3 July 1735, reigning as Charles VII of Naples and Charles V of Sicily. In 1738 he married the Princess Maria Amalia of Saxony, an educated, cultured woman who gave birth to thirteen children, eight of whom reached adulthood. Charles and Maria Amalia resided in Naples for nineteen years; she died in 1760.
Upon succeeding to the Spanish throne on 10 August 1759, Charles, a proponent of enlightened absolutism, on 6 October 1759 abdicated the Neapolitan and Sicilian thrones in favour of Ferdinand, his third surviving son, who became Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, or Ferdinand IV of Naples and III of Sicily. Charles III's descendants ruled the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies until 1861.
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Domenico Fontana
Domenico Fontana (1543 – 28 June 1607) was a Swiss-born Italianarchitect of the late Renaissance.
He was born at Melide, Ticino, Switzerland on the Lake Lugano and died at Naples. He went to Rome before the death of Michelangelo. He won the confidence of Cardinal Montalto, later Pope Sixtus V, who entrusted him in 1584 with the erection of the Cappella del Presepio (Chapel of the Manger) in Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, a powerful domical building over a Greek cross. It is a marvellously well-balanced structure, notwithstanding the profusion of detail and overloading of rich ornamentation, which in no way interferes with the main architectural scheme. It is crowned by a dome in the early style of S. Mario at Montepulciano.
For the same patron, he constructed the Palazzo Montalto near Santa Maria Maggiore, with its skilful distribution of masses and tied decorative scheme of reliefs and festoons, impressive because of the dexterity with which the artist adapted the plan to the site at his disposal. After his accession as Sixtus V, he appointed Fontana architect of St. Peter's, bestowing upon him, among other distinctions, the title of Knight of the Golden Spur. He added the lantern to the dome of St. Peter's and proposed the prolongation of the interior in a well-defined nave.
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Francis I of Naples
Francis I of the Two Sicilies (Italian: Francesco Gennaro Giuseppe; 14 August 1777 – 8 November 1830) was King of the Two Sicilies from 1825 to 1830.
Francis was born in Naples, the son of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies and his wife Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria. He was also the nephew of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI the last King and Queen of France before the first French Republic.
At the death of his older brother Prince Carlo, Francis became the heir apparent and thus Hereditary Prince of Naples.
In 1796 Francis married his double first cousin Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria, daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II. When she died, he married his first cousin María Isabel, daughter of King Charles IV of Spain.
After the Bourbon family fled from Naples to Sicily in 1806, and Lord William Bentinck, the British resident, had established a constitution and deprived Ferdinand of all power, Francis was appointed regent (1812).
On the fall of Napoleon his father returned to Naples and suppressed the Sicilian constitution and autonomy, incorporating his two kingdoms into that of the Two Sicilies (1816); Francis then assumed the revived title of duke of Calabria. While still heir apparent he professed liberal ideas, and on the outbreak of the revolution of 1820 he accepted the regency apparently in a friendly spirit towards the new constitution. But he was probably more conservatively inclined than that.
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Giuseppe Fiorelli
Giuseppe Fiorelli (1823–1896) was an Italian archaeologist born in Naples, Italy. His excavations at Pompeii helped preserve the city.
Fiorelli's initial work at Pompeii was completed in 1848. He was then imprisoned for some time because his radical approach to archaeology and strong nationalist feelings landed him in trouble with the foreign king of Naples. During his time as a political prisoner, he produced a three volume work entitled History of Pompeian Antiques (1860 - 64).Years later, as a professor of archaeology at Naples University and director of excavations (1860–75), he established the meticulous method of studying archaeological sites layer by layer. He founded a training school where foreigners as well as Italians could learn archaeological technique and made a particular study of the materials and building methods used in Pompeii. Fiorelli also hit upon the innovation of pumping plaster into the cavities left by the victims' bodies in the hardened lava, thereby producing casts of the corpses' clothing and features. Fiorelli was also director of the Naples National Archaeological Museum from 1863 and director general of Italian Antiquities and Fine Arts from 1875 until his death in 1896. Giuseppe Fiorelli directed the Pompeii excavation from 1863 to 1875 - introducing an entirely new system for the project. Instead of uncovering the streets first, in order to excavate the houses from the ground floor up, he imposed a system of uncovering the houses from the top down - a better way of preserving everything that was discovered.
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Karl Briullov
Karl Pavlovich Bryullov (Russian: Карл Па́влович Брюлло́в12 December 1799 - 11 June 1852), also transliterated Briullov or Briuloff and referred to by his friends as "The Great Karl", was a Russian painter. He is regarded as a key figure in transition from the Russian neoclassicism to romanticism.
Karl Bryullov was born on December, 12th (23), 1799 in St.-Petersburg, in a family of the academician, the woodcarver and engraver Pavel Ivanovich Briullo (Brulleau, 1760—1833). He felt drawn to Italy from his early years. Despite his education at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1809–1821), Bryullov never fully embraced the classical style taught by his mentors and promoted by his brother, Alexander Bryullov. After distinguishing himself as a promising and imaginative student and finishing his education, he left Russia for Rome where he worked until 1835 as a portraitist and genre painter, though his fame as an artist came when he began doing historical painting.
His best-known work, The Last Day of Pompeii (1830–1833), is a vast composition compared by Pushkin and Gogol to the best works of Rubens and Van Dyck. It created a sensation in Italy and established Briullov as one of the finest European painters of his day. After completing this work, he triumphantly returned to the Russian capital, where he made many friends among the aristocracy and intellectual elite and obtained a high post in the Imperial Academy of Arts.
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Karl Jakob Weber
Karl Jakob Weber (12 August, 1712, Arth – 1764) was a Swiss architect and engineer who was in charge of the first organized excavations at Herculaneum, Pompeii and Stabiae, under the patronage of Carlo III of Naples. His detailed drawings provided some of the basis for the luxurious royal folios of Le Antichità di Ercolano esposte, by means of which the European intelligentsia became aware of the details of what was being recovered.
Weber's unwilling collaborator was the cavaliere Rocco de Alcubierre, previously in charge of the excavations, whose treasure-hunting technique provided the fine bronzes and other works of art that kept royal patronage stimulated. Alcubierre was jealous of Weber, treated his system of excavating whole rooms with a concern for context that makes him a heroic forerunner of today's architectural profession, and attempted to sabotage Weber's his work. On Weber's death, the architect Francisco La Vega was put in charge of excavations.
Weber's plan of the still-buried Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum, which was being explored room by room by smashing openings through frescoed walls, is still the basis of our understanding of its layout, which was echoed in the construction of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, California.
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Karl Schefold
Karl Schefold (help·info) (born 26 January 1905, Heilbronn; died 16 April 1999, Basel) was a classical archaeologist based in Basel, Switzerland. Born and educated in Germany, he was forced in 1935 to emigrate to Switzerland, which he adopted as his home country. His speciality was in the religious content of ancient art, which he interpreted from a perspective informed by the scientific tradition and shaped by the poetic tradition of the German classical period and the ideals of the poet Stefan George.
After attending high school at the Eberhard-Ludwigs-Gymnasium in Stuttgart, he began his study of the ancient world at Tübingen and Heidelberg. He met his future wife, Marianne von den Steinen, there. He went on to study at Jena, and in 1930 completed his doctorate at Marburg under the supervision of Paul Jacobsthal. Later he worked especially at the German Archaeological Institute in Rome and Athens, and participated in excavations at Larisa in Thessaly.
He was married on 5 February 1935 to Marianne von den Steinen, daughter of Karl von den Steinen, a well-known ethnologist. Concerned by developments in Germany, he moved to Basel the same year, and there completed his Habilitation in classical archaeology. At first, he specialised in near-eastern and early-Christian archaeology. After the death of Ernst Pfuhl in 1940, he gradually became more and more responsible for all areas of teaching and finally, in 1953, the Chair was transferred to him. He declined numerous appointments in other countries; through his research, and the foundation of a museum of antiquities, he developed the field of archaeology at Basel.
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Phoenicia
Phoenicia (UK /fɨˈnɪʃə/, US /fəˈniːʃə/; from the Greek: Φοινίκη: Phoiníkē), was an ancient Semitic Canaanite civilization situated on the western, coastal part of the Fertile Crescent. The major Phoenician cities were on the coastline of the Mediterranean. It was an enterprising maritime trading culture that spread across the Mediterranean from 1550 BC to 300 BC. The Phoenicians used the galley, a man-powered sailing vessel, and are credited with the invention of the bireme. They were famed in Classical Greece and Rome as 'traders in purple', referring to their monopoly on the precious purple dye of the Murex snail, used, among other things, for royal clothing, and for their spread of the alphabet (or abjad), upon which all major modern phonetic alphabets are derived.
In the Amarna tablets of the 14th century BC, people from the region called themselves Kenaani or Kinaani (Canaanites), although these letters predate the invasion of the Sea Peoples by over a century. Much later, in the 6th century BC, Hecataeus of Miletus writes that Phoenicia was formerly called χνα, a name Philo of Byblos later adopted into his mythology as his eponym for the Phoenicians: "Khna who was afterwards called Phoinix". Egyptian seafaring expeditions had already been made to Byblos to bring back "cedars of Lebanon" as early as the third millennium BC.
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Pliny the Elder
Gaius Plinius Secundus (23 AD – August 25, 79 AD), better known as Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, naturalist, and natural philosopher, as well as naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and personal friend of the emperor Vespasian. Spending most of his spare time studying, writing or investigating natural and geographic phenomena in the field, he wrote an encyclopedic work, Naturalis Historia, which became a model for all such works written subsequently. Pliny the Younger, his nephew, wrote of him in a letter to the historian Tacitus:
Pliny is referring to the fact that Tacitus relied on his uncle's now missing work on the History of the German Wars. Pliny the Elder died on August 25, 79 AD, while attempting the rescue by ship of a friend and his family from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that had just destroyed the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. The prevailing wind would not allow his ship to leave the shore. His companions attributed his collapse and death to toxic fumes; but they were unaffected by the fumes, suggesting natural causes.
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Pliny the Younger
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, born Gaius Caecilius or Gaius Caecilius Cilo (61 AD – ca. 112 AD), better known as Pliny the Younger, was a lawyer, author, and magistrate of Ancient Rome. Pliny's uncle, Pliny the Elder, helped raise and educate him. They were both witnesses to the eruption of Vesuvius on 24 August 79 AD.
Pliny is known for his hundreds of surviving letters, which are an invaluable historical source for the time period. Many are addressed to reigning emperors or to notables such as the historian, Tacitus. Pliny himself was a notable figure, serving as an imperial magistrate under Trajan (reigned AD 98–117). Pliny was considered an honest and moderate man, consistent in his pursuit of suspected Christian members according to Roman law, and rose through a series of Imperial civil and military offices, the cursus honorum (see below). He was a friend of the historian Tacitus and employed the biographer Suetonius in his staff. Pliny also came into contact with many other well-known men of the period, including the philosophers Artemidorus and Euphrates during his time in Syria.[citation needed]
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Robert Rive
Robert Rive was a 19th century photographer who was born in Great Britain but developed most of his work in Italy. After several years working in this country he changed his name to Roberto Rive. Main collections of his work are the photos from Pompei and Rome in the 1860/70's. Rive exhibited at the "10th Annual Exhibition of the Photographie".
Robert Rive worked as a topographical and portrait photographer from the beginning of the 1860s until 1889 in Naples . In 1867, he took part at the Exposition Universelle of Paris. His studio produced views and stereographs of many Italian cities. He took photographs of monuments of Naples, Pompei, Sorrento, Capri, Amalfi and monuments of Sicily. He also tooks photographs of cities as Florence, Pisa, Siena, Rome and Genova. He held studios in Naples, Palazzo Serracapriola, Palazzo Lieti .
"Giorgio Sommer and Robert Rive began a systematic census of the monuments and daily life, in an amazing collection that provided information on Campania and Sicily"
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Samuel Henry Kress
Samuel Henry Kress (July 23, 1863 – September 22, 1955) was a businessman and philanthropist, founder of the S. H. Kress & Co. five and ten cent store chain. With his fortune, Kress amassed one of the most significant collections of Italian Renaissance and European artwork assembled in the 20th century. In the 1950s and 1960s, a foundation established by Kress would donate 776 works of art from the Kress collection to 18 regional art museums in the United States.
Kress was born in the village of Cherryville, near Allentown, Pennsylvania, the second of seven children born to John Franklin Kress and Margaret Dodson (née Conner) Kress. His siblings were Mary Conner Kress, Jennie Weston Kress, Palmer John Kress, Claude Washington Kress, and Rush Harrison Kress. Another sibling, Elmer Kress, died ten days after birth. His father was a retail merchant. Kress never married or had children. He was a Mason.
Young Kress worked in the stone quarries. Intelligent, energetic and precocious, he earned his teaching credentials by the age of 17 and began work as a schoolteacher. His first position was instructor for a class of 80 students, and was paid $25 per month. He walked 3 miles each way to the schoolhouse.
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Strabo
Strabo,,[pronunciation?], also written Strabon (Greek: Στράβων; 64/63 BC – ca. AD 24), was a Greek geographer, philosopher and historian.
Strabo was born to an affluent family from Amaseia in Pontus (modern Amasya, Turkey), a city that he said was situated the approximate equivalent of 75 km from the Black Sea. His mother was Georgian. Pontus had recently fallen to the Roman Republic, and although politically he was a proponent of Roman imperialism, Strabo belonged on his mother's side to a prominent family whose members had held important positions under the resisting regime of King Mithridates VI of Pontus.
Strabo's life was characterized by extensive travels. He journeyed to Egypt and Kush, as far west as coastal Tuscany and as far south as Ethiopia in addition to his travels in Asia Minor and time spent in Rome. Travel throughout the Mediterranean and Near East, especially for scholarly purposes, was popular during this era and was facilitated by the relative peace enjoyed throughout the reign of Augustus (27 BC – AD 14). He moved to Rome in 44 BC, and stayed there, studying and writing, until at least 31 BC. In 29 BC, on his way to Corinth (where Augustus was at the time), he visited the island of Gyaros in the Aegean Sea. Around 25 BC, he sailed up the Nile until reaching Philae, after which point there is little record of his proceedings until 17 AD.
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Think I hear thunder crackle the sky
Think I hear voices telling me why
Think I hear thunder crackle the sky
Think I hear voices telling me why
Think I hear people fleeing the scene
Think I need reasons keeping me clean
Think I hear people fleeing the scene
Think I need reasons keeping me clean
Think I hear castles crumble and fall
Somewhere is love for all for all
Think I hear castles crumble and fall
Somewhere is love for all for all
Think of the river carry the weight
Think of the boatman falling from grace
Think of the river carry the weight
We sat against the mountain side
And overviewed this burn so bright
But more will burn tonight
I'll bury this town tonight
(Tonight)
And paint the sky with fire
The city is burning
And I'll tear down the walls
I'm gonna getcha getcha getcha, uh huh
And there's nothing in the dark I won't bring to light
(And I will bury you)
And then one fine morning
(And what you want)
She woke, she knew
(You might never have)
One long look at her life
(Would you wait for it)
It was you
(It forms like a scar)
Come hell or high water, her heart was made
No friend and no lover will get in her way
For six long years
(Take your time)
Happiness spoke
(Never hurry up)
But then the time was up
(Change your mind)
The spell was broke
(Go back to the start)
She said what have I done to get my way
What have I done to get this day
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna
I wanna fortune weary love, fortune weary love
Baby don't you dare give up on me now
Baby don't you dare give up on me now
You're gonna find out, you're gonna get low
It's gonna darken your soul
You're gonna find out, you're gonna get low
It's gonna darken your soul
You're gonna find out, you're gonna grow old
It's gonna darken your soul
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna
I wanna fortune weary love, fortune weary love
Baby don't you dare give up on me now
The day the sky collapsed on you, to bury you in ash
A tomb of burning lava with a thousand years to pass
Your legacy of wonders, your culture so advanced
No time to stop and wonder, you didn't have a chance
Your gods that day deserted you, the fifth became the last
Your faith was just a vapour, within your lava cast
What once was so majestic is now an ancient tomb
Who's secrets still lie buried, so deep within your womb
The columns and the statues stand silent in the light
No voices fill the market place, no laughter in the night
The children so long sleeping, such tender ghosts to dream
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- Nothing Happens for a Reason
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Pompeii: The Last Day
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The history of the eruption that buried Pompeii. Please rate and comment
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The history of the eruption that buried Pompeii. Please rate and comment
ES Posthumus - Pompeii
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1M+ Views??!?!?!?!? Thanks Guys! Album: Unearthed ES Posthumus is an independent music group that produces cinematic style music. It is a form of epic classical that fuses intertwined drum beats with orchestral and electronic sounds. Their music is inspired by the Pythagorean Philosophy which states that "music is the harmonization of opposites; the conciliation of warring elements". The ES is an acronym for "Experimental Sounds" while Posthumus is a word that represents "all things past". According to the group, ES Posthumus was formed in 2000 by brothers Helmut and Franz Vonlichten. Helmut and Franz studied piano with their mother. After graduating from high school, Franz worked in recording studios while Helmut attended and graduated from UCLA, with a degree in archaeology. ES Posthumus' music has been licensed by many movie and television production studios; being included in numerous movie trailers and television shows. For instance, the song "Posthumus Zone" was composed for the CBS Sports TV programs The NFL Today and The NFL on CBS. ES Posthumus have so far released two albums.
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1M+ Views??!?!?!?!? Thanks Guys! Album: Unearthed ES Posthumus is an independent music group that produces cinematic style music. It is a form of epic classical that fuses intertwined drum beats with orchestral and electronic sounds. Their music is inspired by the Pythagorean Philosophy which states that "music is the harmonization of opposites; the conciliation of warring elements". The ES is an acronym for "Experimental Sounds" while Posthumus is a word that represents "all things past". According to the group, ES Posthumus was formed in 2000 by brothers Helmut and Franz Vonlichten. Helmut and Franz studied piano with their mother. After graduating from high school, Franz worked in recording studios while Helmut attended and graduated from UCLA, with a degree in archaeology. ES Posthumus' music has been licensed by many movie and television production studios; being included in numerous movie trailers and television shows. For instance, the song "Posthumus Zone" was composed for the CBS Sports TV programs The NFL Today and The NFL on CBS. ES Posthumus have so far released two albums.
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Pompeii _ Life and Death in a Roman Town
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- Duration: 59:05
- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
www.independent.co.uk Pompeii: one of the most famous volcanic eruptions in history. We know how its victims died, but this film sets out to answer another question - how did they live? Gleaning evidence from an extraordinary find, Cambridge professor and Pompeii expert Mary Beard provides new insight into the lives of the people who lived in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius before its cataclysmic eruption. In a dark cellar in Oplontis, just three miles from the centre of Pompeii, 54 skeletons who didn't succumb to the torrent of volcanic ash are about to be put under the microscope. The remains will be submitted to a barrage of tests that will unlock one of the most comprehensive scientific snapshots of Pompeian life ever produced - and there are some big surprises in store. Using the latest forensic techniques it is now possible to determine what those who perished in the disaster ate and drank, where they came from, what diseases they suffered, how rich they were, and perhaps, even more astonishingly, the details of their sex lives. The way the remains were found in the cellar already provides an invaluable clue about the lives of the people they belonged to. On one side of the room were individuals buried with one of the most stunning hauls of gold, jewellery and coins ever found in Pompeii. On the other, were people buried with nothing. It looked the stark dividing line of a polarised ancient society: a room partitioned between super rich and abject poor. But on closer ...
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www.independent.co.uk Pompeii: one of the most famous volcanic eruptions in history. We know how its victims died, but this film sets out to answer another question - how did they live? Gleaning evidence from an extraordinary find, Cambridge professor and Pompeii expert Mary Beard provides new insight into the lives of the people who lived in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius before its cataclysmic eruption. In a dark cellar in Oplontis, just three miles from the centre of Pompeii, 54 skeletons who didn't succumb to the torrent of volcanic ash are about to be put under the microscope. The remains will be submitted to a barrage of tests that will unlock one of the most comprehensive scientific snapshots of Pompeian life ever produced - and there are some big surprises in store. Using the latest forensic techniques it is now possible to determine what those who perished in the disaster ate and drank, where they came from, what diseases they suffered, how rich they were, and perhaps, even more astonishingly, the details of their sex lives. The way the remains were found in the cellar already provides an invaluable clue about the lives of the people they belonged to. On one side of the room were individuals buried with one of the most stunning hauls of gold, jewellery and coins ever found in Pompeii. On the other, were people buried with nothing. It looked the stark dividing line of a polarised ancient society: a room partitioned between super rich and abject poor. But on closer ...
- published: 11 Aug 2011
- views: 84515
- author: WhiteRaraAvis
Pompeii, Italy: Window on Ancient Rome
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:39
- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
Life in Pompeii stopped in its tracks in 79 ad when the thriving city was buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Today, excavations of this once booming city offer the best look anywhere at ancient Rome and remains of homes give a glimpse into Roman lifestyles. For more information on the Rick Steves' Europe TV series — including episode descriptions, scripts, participating stations, travel information on destinations and more — visit www.ricksteves.com.
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Life in Pompeii stopped in its tracks in 79 ad when the thriving city was buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Today, excavations of this once booming city offer the best look anywhere at ancient Rome and remains of homes give a glimpse into Roman lifestyles. For more information on the Rick Steves' Europe TV series — including episode descriptions, scripts, participating stations, travel information on destinations and more — visit www.ricksteves.com.
- published: 15 Jul 2009
- views: 92427
- author: RickSteves
The Wonders of Pompeii
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- Duration: 2:52
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
Destroyed by Mt.Vesuvius on the 24th. August 79AD. Lost for 1600 years before being discovered again in 1748. POMPEII
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Destroyed by Mt.Vesuvius on the 24th. August 79AD. Lost for 1600 years before being discovered again in 1748. POMPEII
- published: 26 Mar 2007
- views: 187558
- author: racingvic
Pompeii, Italy
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:06
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
tourvideos.com Pompeii Amalfi Positano Italy Sorrento. Walking through the well-preserved ruins of Pompeii is a trip back 2000 years.
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tourvideos.com Pompeii Amalfi Positano Italy Sorrento. Walking through the well-preserved ruins of Pompeii is a trip back 2000 years.
- published: 16 Aug 2009
- views: 17758
- author: denniscallan
POMPEII Italy
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:32
- Updated: 27 May 2012
On August 24th in 79 AD, a massive volcanic eruption destroyed the Roman city of Pompeii when millions of tons of lava instantly petrified the bodies of 2000 of its inhabitants. Pompeii is the incarnation of a civilization that was destroyed by this natural disaster. Some of its underground corridors were accidentally discovered in 1594 but serious scientific excavation did not begin until the 18th century. Even today, more than one third of the city remains concealed beneath volcanic rock. Because of the airtight conditions beneath the lava, Pompeii is the most well preserved ancient city in the world with perfectly preserved streets and buildings that provide detailed information of the former living conditions, trade, commerce and art of Roman times. The lively city attempted to compete with Rome and offered its visitors and guests abundant luxury, diverse entertainments and the interiors of the buildings, with their magnificent reliefs, indicate the wealth and high living standards of Pompeii's elite.
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On August 24th in 79 AD, a massive volcanic eruption destroyed the Roman city of Pompeii when millions of tons of lava instantly petrified the bodies of 2000 of its inhabitants. Pompeii is the incarnation of a civilization that was destroyed by this natural disaster. Some of its underground corridors were accidentally discovered in 1594 but serious scientific excavation did not begin until the 18th century. Even today, more than one third of the city remains concealed beneath volcanic rock. Because of the airtight conditions beneath the lava, Pompeii is the most well preserved ancient city in the world with perfectly preserved streets and buildings that provide detailed information of the former living conditions, trade, commerce and art of Roman times. The lively city attempted to compete with Rome and offered its visitors and guests abundant luxury, diverse entertainments and the interiors of the buildings, with their magnificent reliefs, indicate the wealth and high living standards of Pompeii's elite.
- published: 10 Aug 2009
- views: 1738
- author: TravelVideoStore
Pompeii - Buried Alive
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- Duration: 45:22
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
Two-thousand years ago, Rome was an all-powerful empire and Pompeii was one of its prosperous provincial towns-until Mount Vesuvius exploded in the largest eruption ever recorded. In a matter of hours the thriving city was entombed under a thick layer of ash and debris, undiscovered for centuries.
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Two-thousand years ago, Rome was an all-powerful empire and Pompeii was one of its prosperous provincial towns-until Mount Vesuvius exploded in the largest eruption ever recorded. In a matter of hours the thriving city was entombed under a thick layer of ash and debris, undiscovered for centuries.
- published: 10 Feb 2012
- views: 34756
- author: HistoryFeed
Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii - Directors Cut - Full Length! - 720p HD
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- Duration: 91:05
- Updated: 12 Dec 2012
Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii - Directors Cut Live at Pompeii was originally released in September 1972, an edited release in 1974 with studio recordings of Dark Side of the Moon. Rereleased in 2003 as The Director's Cut with additional footage and Nasa space shots. 2003 Director's cut (wiki) 1. "Echoes, Part 1"/"On the Run" (Studio Footage) (Uncredited) (from Meddle/The Dark Side of the Moon, 1971/1973) 2. "Careful with That Axe, Eugene" (B-side of "Point Me at the Sky" single, 1968) 3. "A Saucerful of Secrets" (from A Saucerful of Secrets, 1968) 4. "Us and Them" (Studio Footage) (from The Dark Side of the Moon, 1973) 5. "One of These Days I'm Going to Cut You into Little Pieces" (from Meddle, 1971; also known as "One of These Days") 6. "Mademoiselle Nobs" (from Meddle, 1971; previously known as "Seamus") 7. "Brain Damage" (Studio Footage) (from The Dark Side of the Moon, 1973) 8. "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (from A Saucerful of Secrets, 1968) 9. "Echoes, Part 2" (from Meddle, 1971) 91 mins total Directed by :Adrian Maben Produced by : Steve O'Rourke Michele Arnaud Reiner Moritz Starring: Pink Floyd Music by : Pink Floyd Cinematography : Willy Kurant Gabor Pogany Editing:Jose Pinheiro Distributed by: Universal Home Video This video is presented for review only in the hopes the viewer will be pleased to the extent to promote the viewer to buy the film. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 ...
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Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii - Directors Cut Live at Pompeii was originally released in September 1972, an edited release in 1974 with studio recordings of Dark Side of the Moon. Rereleased in 2003 as The Director's Cut with additional footage and Nasa space shots. 2003 Director's cut (wiki) 1. "Echoes, Part 1"/"On the Run" (Studio Footage) (Uncredited) (from Meddle/The Dark Side of the Moon, 1971/1973) 2. "Careful with That Axe, Eugene" (B-side of "Point Me at the Sky" single, 1968) 3. "A Saucerful of Secrets" (from A Saucerful of Secrets, 1968) 4. "Us and Them" (Studio Footage) (from The Dark Side of the Moon, 1973) 5. "One of These Days I'm Going to Cut You into Little Pieces" (from Meddle, 1971; also known as "One of These Days") 6. "Mademoiselle Nobs" (from Meddle, 1971; previously known as "Seamus") 7. "Brain Damage" (Studio Footage) (from The Dark Side of the Moon, 1973) 8. "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (from A Saucerful of Secrets, 1968) 9. "Echoes, Part 2" (from Meddle, 1971) 91 mins total Directed by :Adrian Maben Produced by : Steve O'Rourke Michele Arnaud Reiner Moritz Starring: Pink Floyd Music by : Pink Floyd Cinematography : Willy Kurant Gabor Pogany Editing:Jose Pinheiro Distributed by: Universal Home Video This video is presented for review only in the hopes the viewer will be pleased to the extent to promote the viewer to buy the film. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 ...
- published: 21 Sep 2011
- views: 910070
- author: GilmourTrueHD
Pink Floyd - Echoes / Live at Pompeii ( full )
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- Duration: 24:06
- Updated: 12 Dec 2012
These are the two parts of ''Echoes'' ,at the Pompeii , in one video .. 24'06'' Enjoy :-) "Echoes" Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air And deep beneath the rolling waves in labyrinths of coral caves The echo of a distant tide Comes willowing across the sand And everything is green and submarine And no one showed us to the land And no one knows the where's or why's But something stirs and something tries And starts to climb towards the light Strangers passing in the street By chance two separate glances meet And I am you and what I see is me And do I take you by the hand And lead you through the land And help me understand the best I can And no one calls us to move on And no one forces down our eyes And no one speaks And no one tries And no one flies around the sun Cloudless every day you fall Upon my waking eyes Inviting and inciting me to rise And through the window in the wall Comes streaming in on sunlight wings A million bright ambassadors of morning And no one sings me lullabies And no one makes me close my eyes So I tore the windows wide And call to you across the sky.
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These are the two parts of ''Echoes'' ,at the Pompeii , in one video .. 24'06'' Enjoy :-) "Echoes" Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air And deep beneath the rolling waves in labyrinths of coral caves The echo of a distant tide Comes willowing across the sand And everything is green and submarine And no one showed us to the land And no one knows the where's or why's But something stirs and something tries And starts to climb towards the light Strangers passing in the street By chance two separate glances meet And I am you and what I see is me And do I take you by the hand And lead you through the land And help me understand the best I can And no one calls us to move on And no one forces down our eyes And no one speaks And no one tries And no one flies around the sun Cloudless every day you fall Upon my waking eyes Inviting and inciting me to rise And through the window in the wall Comes streaming in on sunlight wings A million bright ambassadors of morning And no one sings me lullabies And no one makes me close my eyes So I tore the windows wide And call to you across the sky.
- published: 16 Aug 2011
- views: 3844650
- author: vale46st
The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 _ 1/3
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 143:54
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
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Pompeii Rediscovered
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- Duration: 29:19
- Updated: 04 Dec 2012
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Pompeii Destroyed by Mount Vesuvius
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- Duration: 4:22
- Updated: 29 Nov 2012
Mount Vesuvius erupts in 79 AD destroying the nearby city of Pompeii.
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Mount Vesuvius erupts in 79 AD destroying the nearby city of Pompeii.
- published: 28 Jul 2009
- views: 31598
- author: artworks3d
The Lost City of Pompeii
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- Duration: 2:39
- Updated: 01 Dec 2012
www.furiousearth.com Adventurer and Angry Planet TV show host, George Kourounis visits the ancient city of Pompeii in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius. The city was buried in volcanic ash after a huge eruption of the volcano in 79 AD Produced by www.peterrowe.tv
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www.furiousearth.com Adventurer and Angry Planet TV show host, George Kourounis visits the ancient city of Pompeii in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius. The city was buried in volcanic ash after a huge eruption of the volcano in 79 AD Produced by www.peterrowe.tv
- published: 23 Sep 2012
- views: 3059
- author: gkourounis
People of Pompeii
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- Duration: 2:25
- Updated: 03 Nov 2012
People of Pompeii were destroyed by God in a strange way.. Like People of Lut (Soddom & Gommoroh) they were also practising the lewed practices.
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People of Pompeii were destroyed by God in a strange way.. Like People of Lut (Soddom & Gommoroh) they were also practising the lewed practices.
- published: 20 Sep 2006
- views: 151156
- author: shiekhtm
![Pink Floyd - Echoes Part 1 (Live At Pompeii) [HD & Remastered Version]](http://web.archive.org./web/20121212094229im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/646KtkEcPm8/default.jpg "Pink Floyd - Echoes Part 1 (Live At Pompeii) [HD & Remastered Version]")
Pink Floyd - Echoes Part 1 (Live At Pompeii) [HD & Remastered Version]
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- Duration: 10:21
- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
Pink Floyd plays Echoes Part 1 Live At Pompeii. Pure magic! This is music! I´ve taken the remastered song on top of the clips from the dvd Live At Pompeii to get the ultimate quality. Hope you guys like it! chill out..
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Pink Floyd plays Echoes Part 1 Live At Pompeii. Pure magic! This is music! I´ve taken the remastered song on top of the clips from the dvd Live At Pompeii to get the ultimate quality. Hope you guys like it! chill out..
- published: 19 Oct 2009
- views: 1583518
- author: Dustemikkelsen
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii - Director's cut
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- Duration: 91:44
- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
Directed by Adrian Maben Produced by Steve O'Rourke, Michele Arnaud, Reiner Moritz Starring Pink Floyd Music by Pink Floyd Cinematography Willy Kurant, Gabor Pogany Editing by Jose Pinheiro Distributed by Universal Home Video Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii is a 1972 film featuring Pink Floyd performing six songs in the ancient Roman amphitheatre in Pompeii, Italy. It was directed by Adrian Maben and recorded in the month of October with 24 studio-quality tracks without a live audience. The performances of "Echoes," "A Saucerful of Secrets," and "One of These Days" were filmed from October 4, 1971 to October 7, 1971. The remaining songs were filmed in a Paris studio, along with additional front projection footage for insertion into the Pompeii performances. The sequences in Paris were filmed in late 1971/early 1972, and can be distinguished by the absence of Richard Wright's beard. This version was released in cinemas in September 1972 and is also included on the DVD edition as an extra feature. In August 1974, another version was released combining the original film with supposed recording sessions of The Dark Side of the Moon at Abbey Road Studios. These sessions were actually staged for the film[citation needed], as the recording of the album had been completed when these sessions were filmed in January 1973 and the band was mixing the album at the time. Track listing - 2003 Director's cut 02:13 1. "Echoes, Part 1"/"On the Run" (Studio Footage) (Uncredited) (from Meddle ...
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Directed by Adrian Maben Produced by Steve O'Rourke, Michele Arnaud, Reiner Moritz Starring Pink Floyd Music by Pink Floyd Cinematography Willy Kurant, Gabor Pogany Editing by Jose Pinheiro Distributed by Universal Home Video Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii is a 1972 film featuring Pink Floyd performing six songs in the ancient Roman amphitheatre in Pompeii, Italy. It was directed by Adrian Maben and recorded in the month of October with 24 studio-quality tracks without a live audience. The performances of "Echoes," "A Saucerful of Secrets," and "One of These Days" were filmed from October 4, 1971 to October 7, 1971. The remaining songs were filmed in a Paris studio, along with additional front projection footage for insertion into the Pompeii performances. The sequences in Paris were filmed in late 1971/early 1972, and can be distinguished by the absence of Richard Wright's beard. This version was released in cinemas in September 1972 and is also included on the DVD edition as an extra feature. In August 1974, another version was released combining the original film with supposed recording sessions of The Dark Side of the Moon at Abbey Road Studios. These sessions were actually staged for the film[citation needed], as the recording of the album had been completed when these sessions were filmed in January 1973 and the band was mixing the album at the time. Track listing - 2003 Director's cut 02:13 1. "Echoes, Part 1"/"On the Run" (Studio Footage) (Uncredited) (from Meddle ...
- published: 30 Dec 2010
- views: 828471
- author: erichc1992
PERISHED NATIONS(The End of Pompeii )Islamic Documentry
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- Duration: 7:33
- Updated: 22 Nov 2012
Throughout world history, a great many very different civilisations have grown up, ruled for a while, and then faded away when their time came. Despite all their power and wealth, they disappeared off the face of the earth. In this film, we shall be examining past societies that were destroyed because of their rebellion against Allah, such as People of Ad, People of Lut and the end of Pompeii
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Throughout world history, a great many very different civilisations have grown up, ruled for a while, and then faded away when their time came. Despite all their power and wealth, they disappeared off the face of the earth. In this film, we shall be examining past societies that were destroyed because of their rebellion against Allah, such as People of Ad, People of Lut and the end of Pompeii
- published: 08 Jan 2008
- views: 14862
- author: Nopoleon321
Pink Floyd - Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
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- Duration: 9:49
- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
Pink Floyd - Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (live at Pompeii)
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Pink Floyd - Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (live at Pompeii)
- published: 28 Jun 2006
- views: 1381061
- author: Yvarg
Ode To The Grammaton - Equilibrium Music Video
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- Duration: 4:24
- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
An action video & a homage to the ranged martial artist - the Grammaton Cleric.
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An action video & a homage to the ranged martial artist - the Grammaton Cleric.
- published: 18 Aug 2006
- views: 125415
- author: MisterAnderson71
Pompeii; het dagelijks leven
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- Duration: 5:45
- Updated: 20 Nov 2012
Een korte documentaire over Pompeii gemaakt voor KCV
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Een korte documentaire over Pompeii gemaakt voor KCV
- published: 02 Jan 2009
- views: 9024
- author: rubiebu
Pompeii Showcase
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- Duration: 3:06
- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
Video showcasing the scan project conducted by CyArk and Ferrara University at Pompeii, Italy. The first major 3D scan archaeological documentation project conducted. For more information about the scan project, please visit the CyArk website: www.cyark.org
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Video showcasing the scan project conducted by CyArk and Ferrara University at Pompeii, Italy. The first major 3D scan archaeological documentation project conducted. For more information about the scan project, please visit the CyArk website: www.cyark.org
- published: 07 Jul 2006
- views: 40121
- author: cyark
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![Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii, 1972 [Part 2]](http://web.archive.org./web/20121212094229im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/u9uVQT3Yn_Q/default.jpg "Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii, 1972 [Part 2]")
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii, 1972 [Part 2]
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- Duration: 10:04
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii is a 1972 film featuring Pink Floyd performing six songs in the ancient Roman amphitheatre in Pompeii, Italy. It was directed by Adrian Maben and recorded in the month of October with 24 tracks studio quality without a live audience
The performances of "Echoes," "A Saucerful of Secrets," and "One of These Days" were filmed from October 4, 1971 to October 7, 1971. The remaining songs were filmed in a Paris studio, along with additional front projection footage for insertion into the Pompeii performances. The sequences in Paris were filmed in late 1971/early 1972, and can be distinguished by the absence of Richard Wright's beard. This version was released in theaters in September 1972 and is also included on the DVD edition as an extra feature.
In August 1974, another version was released combining the original film with supposed recording sessions of The Dark Side of the Moon at Abbey Road Studios. These sessions were actually staged for the film, as the recording of the album had been completed when these sessions were filmed in January 1973 and the band was mixing the album at the time.
This version is the Director's Cut. The Director's Cut is a 2003 DVD re-release running 92 minutes. In addition to the concert and interview footage, it includes more overlaid imagery including footage from the Apollo space program and computer-generated images of space and Pompeii, and overall has a busier, "updated" feel. The original 4:3 aspect footage is presented in "fake widescreen" in this version. The DVD contains the original one-hour release in the "features" section.
"Echoes, Part 1"/"On the Run" (Studio Footage) (Uncredited) (from Meddle/The Dark Side of the Moon, 1971/1973)
"Careful with That Axe, Eugene" (B-side of "Point Me at the Sky" single, 1968)
"A Saucerful of Secrets" (from A Saucerful of Secrets, 1968)
"Us and Them" (Studio Footage) (from The Dark Side of the Moon, 1973)
"One of These Days" (from Meddle, 1971)
"Mademoiselle Nobs" (from Meddle, 1971 previously known as "Seamus")
"Brain Damage" (Studio Footage) (from The Dark Side of the Moon, 1973)
"Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (from A Saucerful of Secrets, 1968)
"Echoes, Part 2" (from Meddle, 1971)
I do not own any rights for this video.
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Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii is a 1972 film featuring Pink Floyd performing six songs in the ancient Roman amphitheatre in Pompeii, Italy. It was directed by Adrian Maben and recorded in the month of October with 24 tracks studio quality without a live audience
The performances of "Echoes," "A Saucerful of Secrets," and "One of These Days" were filmed from October 4, 1971 to October 7, 1971. The remaining songs were filmed in a Paris studio, along with additional front projection footage for insertion into the Pompeii performances. The sequences in Paris were filmed in late 1971/early 1972, and can be distinguished by the absence of Richard Wright's beard. This version was released in theaters in September 1972 and is also included on the DVD edition as an extra feature.
In August 1974, another version was released combining the original film with supposed recording sessions of The Dark Side of the Moon at Abbey Road Studios. These sessions were actually staged for the film, as the recording of the album had been completed when these sessions were filmed in January 1973 and the band was mixing the album at the time.
This version is the Director's Cut. The Director's Cut is a 2003 DVD re-release running 92 minutes. In addition to the concert and interview footage, it includes more overlaid imagery including footage from the Apollo space program and computer-generated images of space and Pompeii, and overall has a busier, "updated" feel. The original 4:3 aspect footage is presented in "fake widescreen" in this version. The DVD contains the original one-hour release in the "features" section.
"Echoes, Part 1"/"On the Run" (Studio Footage) (Uncredited) (from Meddle/The Dark Side of the Moon, 1971/1973)
"Careful with That Axe, Eugene" (B-side of "Point Me at the Sky" single, 1968)
"A Saucerful of Secrets" (from A Saucerful of Secrets, 1968)
"Us and Them" (Studio Footage) (from The Dark Side of the Moon, 1973)
"One of These Days" (from Meddle, 1971)
"Mademoiselle Nobs" (from Meddle, 1971 previously known as "Seamus")
"Brain Damage" (Studio Footage) (from The Dark Side of the Moon, 1973)
"Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (from A Saucerful of Secrets, 1968)
"Echoes, Part 2" (from Meddle, 1971)
I do not own any rights for this video.
- published: 17 Jun 2011
- views: 24759
- author: Cavaot
![Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii, 1972 [Part 6]](http://web.archive.org./web/20121212094229im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/nbNViMY3cIA/default.jpg "Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii, 1972 [Part 6]")
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii, 1972 [Part 6]
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- Duration: 10:00
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
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Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii is a 1972 film featuring Pink Floyd performing six songs in the ancient Roman amphitheatre in Pompeii, Italy. It was directed by Adrian Maben and recorded in the month of October with 24 tracks studio quality without a live audience
The performances of "Echoes," "A Saucerful of Secrets," and "One of These Days" were filmed from October 4, 1971 to October 7, 1971. The remaining songs were filmed in a Paris studio, along with additional front projection footage for insertion into the Pompeii performances. The sequences in Paris were filmed in late 1971/early 1972, and can be distinguished by the absence of Richard Wright's beard. This version was released in theaters in September 1972 and is also included on the DVD edition as an extra feature.
In August 1974, another version was released combining the original film with supposed recording sessions of The Dark Side of the Moon at Abbey Road Studios. These sessions were actually staged for the film, as the recording of the album had been completed when these sessions were filmed in January 1973 and the band was mixing the album at the time.
This version is the Director's Cut. The Director's Cut is a 2003 DVD re-release running 92 minutes. In addition to the concert and interview footage, it includes more overlaid imagery including footage from the Apollo space program and computer-generated images of space and Pompeii, and overall has a busier, "updated" feel. The original 4:3 aspect footage is presented in "fake widescreen" in this version. The DVD contains the original one-hour release in the "features" section.
"Echoes, Part 1"/"On the Run" (Studio Footage) (Uncredited) (from Meddle/The Dark Side of the Moon, 1971/1973)
"Careful with That Axe, Eugene" (B-side of "Point Me at the Sky" single, 1968)
"A Saucerful of Secrets" (from A Saucerful of Secrets, 1968)
"Us and Them" (Studio Footage) (from The Dark Side of the Moon, 1973)
"One of These Days" (from Meddle, 1971)
"Mademoiselle Nobs" (from Meddle, 1971 previously known as "Seamus")
"Brain Damage" (Studio Footage) (from The Dark Side of the Moon, 1973)
"Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (from A Saucerful of Secrets, 1968)
"Echoes, Part 2" (from Meddle, 1971)
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Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii is a 1972 film featuring Pink Floyd performing six songs in the ancient Roman amphitheatre in Pompeii, Italy. It was directed by Adrian Maben and recorded in the month of October with 24 tracks studio quality without a live audience
The performances of "Echoes," "A Saucerful of Secrets," and "One of These Days" were filmed from October 4, 1971 to October 7, 1971. The remaining songs were filmed in a Paris studio, along with additional front projection footage for insertion into the Pompeii performances. The sequences in Paris were filmed in late 1971/early 1972, and can be distinguished by the absence of Richard Wright's beard. This version was released in theaters in September 1972 and is also included on the DVD edition as an extra feature.
In August 1974, another version was released combining the original film with supposed recording sessions of The Dark Side of the Moon at Abbey Road Studios. These sessions were actually staged for the film, as the recording of the album had been completed when these sessions were filmed in January 1973 and the band was mixing the album at the time.
This version is the Director's Cut. The Director's Cut is a 2003 DVD re-release running 92 minutes. In addition to the concert and interview footage, it includes more overlaid imagery including footage from the Apollo space program and computer-generated images of space and Pompeii, and overall has a busier, "updated" feel. The original 4:3 aspect footage is presented in "fake widescreen" in this version. The DVD contains the original one-hour release in the "features" section.
"Echoes, Part 1"/"On the Run" (Studio Footage) (Uncredited) (from Meddle/The Dark Side of the Moon, 1971/1973)
"Careful with That Axe, Eugene" (B-side of "Point Me at the Sky" single, 1968)
"A Saucerful of Secrets" (from A Saucerful of Secrets, 1968)
"Us and Them" (Studio Footage) (from The Dark Side of the Moon, 1973)
"One of These Days" (from Meddle, 1971)
"Mademoiselle Nobs" (from Meddle, 1971 previously known as "Seamus")
"Brain Damage" (Studio Footage) (from The Dark Side of the Moon, 1973)
"Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (from A Saucerful of Secrets, 1968)
"Echoes, Part 2" (from Meddle, 1971)
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Adrian Maben's Pink Floyd Live At Pompeii - Complete Concert 1971/1972
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- Duration: 61:47
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii is a 1972 film featuring Pink Floyd performing six songs in the ancient Roman amphitheatre in Pompeii, Italy. It was directed by Adrian Maben and recorded in the month of October with 24 studio-quality tracks without a live audience.
The performances of "Echoes," "A Saucerful of Secrets," and "One of These Days" were filmed from October 4, 1971 to October 7, 1971. The remaining songs were filmed in a Paris studio, along with additional front projection footage for insertion into the Pompeii performances. The sequences in Paris were filmed in late 1971/early 1972, and can be distinguished by the absence of Richard Wright's beard. This version was released in cinemas in September 1972 and is also included on the DVD edition as an extra feature.
In August 1974, another version was released combining the original film with supposed recording sessions of The Dark Side of the Moon at Abbey Road Studios. These sessions were actually staged for the film, as the recording of the album had been completed when these sessions were filmed in January 1973 and the band was mixing the album at the time.
On this video:
1: Echoes (Part 1);
2: Careful With That Axe, Eugene;
3: A Saucerful Of Secrets;
4: One Of These Days;
5: Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun;
6: Mademoiselle Nobs, and
7: Echoes (Part 2).
Directed by Adrian Maben.
Pink Floyd Live At Pompeii 1971.
With David Gilmour
Nick Mason
Roger Waters
Richard Wright
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Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii is a 1972 film featuring Pink Floyd performing six songs in the ancient Roman amphitheatre in Pompeii, Italy. It was directed by Adrian Maben and recorded in the month of October with 24 studio-quality tracks without a live audience.
The performances of "Echoes," "A Saucerful of Secrets," and "One of These Days" were filmed from October 4, 1971 to October 7, 1971. The remaining songs were filmed in a Paris studio, along with additional front projection footage for insertion into the Pompeii performances. The sequences in Paris were filmed in late 1971/early 1972, and can be distinguished by the absence of Richard Wright's beard. This version was released in cinemas in September 1972 and is also included on the DVD edition as an extra feature.
In August 1974, another version was released combining the original film with supposed recording sessions of The Dark Side of the Moon at Abbey Road Studios. These sessions were actually staged for the film, as the recording of the album had been completed when these sessions were filmed in January 1973 and the band was mixing the album at the time.
On this video:
1: Echoes (Part 1);
2: Careful With That Axe, Eugene;
3: A Saucerful Of Secrets;
4: One Of These Days;
5: Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun;
6: Mademoiselle Nobs, and
7: Echoes (Part 2).
Directed by Adrian Maben.
Pink Floyd Live At Pompeii 1971.
With David Gilmour
Nick Mason
Roger Waters
Richard Wright
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep1 Pt01
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- Duration: 15:03
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep1 Pt02
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- Duration: 15:06
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep1 Pt03
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- Duration: 15:06
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep1 Pt04
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- Duration: 15:03
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep1 Pt05
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- Duration: 15:11
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep1 Pt06
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- Duration: 15:07
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep1 Pt07
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- Duration: 15:06
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep1 Pt08
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- Duration: 15:06
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep1 Pt09
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- Duration: 15:09
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep1 Pt10
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- Duration: 8:33
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep2 Pt1
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- Duration: 15:06
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep2 Pt2
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- Duration: 15:07
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep2 Pt3
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- Duration: 15:05
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep2 Pt4
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- Duration: 15:07
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep2 Pt5
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- Duration: 15:08
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep2 Pt6
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- Duration: 15:07
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep2 Pt7
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- Duration: 3:43
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep3 Pt1
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- Duration: 15:07
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep3 Pt2
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- Duration: 15:08
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep3 Pt3
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- Duration: 15:07
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep3 Pt4
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- Duration: 15:05
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep3 Pt5
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- Duration: 15:06
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep3 Pt6
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- Duration: 14:58
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
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Pink Floyd - Echoes Live at Pompeii Part 1
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- Duration: 6:21
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pink Floyd - Echoes Live at Pompeii - Part 1
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Pink Floyd - Echoes Live at Pompeii - Part 1
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Pink Floyd Careful With That Axe, Eugene!
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- Duration: 6:27
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
This is original video from Pink Floyd live album "Live at Pompeii", it is much better visually then the remastered and edited Director's cut version.
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This is original video from Pink Floyd live album "Live at Pompeii", it is much better visually then the remastered and edited Director's cut version.
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A Saucerful of Secrets - Live at Pompeii - Pink Floyd
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- Duration: 9:40
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
A Saucerful of Secrets - Live at Pompeii - Pink Floyd
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A Saucerful of Secrets - Live at Pompeii - Pink Floyd
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Pink Floyd - Us And Them - From Live At Pompeii
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- Duration: 4:48
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Us And Them, an excerpt from the film Live At Pompeii of Pink Floyd shot in 1971. Simply and magic...
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Us And Them, an excerpt from the film Live At Pompeii of Pink Floyd shot in 1971. Simply and magic...
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One of These Days - Pink Floyd - live at Pompeii
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- Duration: 5:24
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Take a look at the drummer. Nick Mason is responsible for one of the best parts of The Pink Floyd Concert Live at Pompeii: One of These Days
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Take a look at the drummer. Nick Mason is responsible for one of the best parts of The Pink Floyd Concert Live at Pompeii: One of These Days
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Pink Floyd - Mademoiselle Nobs - Live Pompei
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- Duration: 1:41
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pink Floyd - Mademoiselle Nobs - Live Pompei
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Pink Floyd - Mademoiselle Nobs - Live Pompei
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Pink Floyd - Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
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- Duration: 9:49
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pink Floyd - Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (live at Pompeii)
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Pink Floyd - Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (live at Pompeii)
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Pink Floyd Live At Pompeii - Echoes (Part 2)
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- Duration: 8:32
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
This is paradise.
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Cymbalyne - Live at pompei
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- Duration: 2:33
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Cymbalyne - Live at pompei
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![Pink Floyd live at Pompeii Part 1 [FULL DOWNLOAD LINK]](http://web.archive.org./web/20121212094229im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/hLXnBDl-LG4/default.jpg "Pink Floyd live at Pompeii Part 1 [FULL DOWNLOAD LINK]")
Pink Floyd live at Pompeii Part 1 [FULL DOWNLOAD LINK]
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- Duration: 6:13
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Pink Floyd live at Pompeii Part 2 [FULL DOWNLOAD LINK]
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Pink Floyd live at Pompeii Part 3 [FULL DOWNLOAD LINK]
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Pink Floyd live at Pompeii Part 4 [FULL DOWNLOAD LINK]
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Pink Floyd live at Pompeii Part 5 [FULL DOWNLOAD LINK]
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Pink Floyd live at Pompeii Part 6 [FULL DOWNLOAD LINK]
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Pink Floyd live at Pompeii Part 7 [FULL DOWNLOAD LINK]
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Pink Floyd live at Pompeii Part 8 [FULL DOWNLOAD LINK]
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Pink Floyd live at Pompeii Part 9 [FULL DOWNLOAD LINK]
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Pink Floyd live at Pompeii Part 10 [FULL DOWNLOAD LINK]
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PinkFloyd live at pompei lost song
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- Duration: 7:13
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The lost song of pompei concert...
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Pink Floyd Dark Side - Brain Damage Pompeii Recordings
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- Duration: 7:09
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
This footage was added to the Live at Pompeii 2 years after it was released in theatres in 1972. This new release included footage supposedly of Dark Side of the Moon at Abbey Road Studios. The recordings turned out to be staged since the album was already recorded in 1973. Never the less the footage still gives you a raw glimpse of Pink Floyds amazing evolution. Aside from being able to see the band jam to Brain Damage you also get a hint of the artistic differences between Roger and David.
To anyone who really is a diehard Floyd fan, Live at Pompeii is a must. It truly shows these amazing artistically different musicians in their prime. The band was truly at its pinnacle when it was shot.
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This footage was added to the Live at Pompeii 2 years after it was released in theatres in 1972. This new release included footage supposedly of Dark Side of the Moon at Abbey Road Studios. The recordings turned out to be staged since the album was already recorded in 1973. Never the less the footage still gives you a raw glimpse of Pink Floyds amazing evolution. Aside from being able to see the band jam to Brain Damage you also get a hint of the artistic differences between Roger and David.
To anyone who really is a diehard Floyd fan, Live at Pompeii is a must. It truly shows these amazing artistically different musicians in their prime. The band was truly at its pinnacle when it was shot.
Enjoy
- published: 28 May 2012
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Pink Floyd - Echoes / Live at Pompeii ( full )
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- Duration: 24:06
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
These are the two parts of ''Echoes'' ,at the Pompeii , in one video .. 24'06''
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"Echoes"
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air
And deep beneath the rolling waves in labyrinths of coral caves
The echo of a distant tide
Comes willowing across the sand
And everything is green and submarine
And no one showed us to the land
And no one knows the where's or why's
But something stirs and something tries
And starts to climb towards the light
Strangers passing in the street
By chance two separate glances meet
And I am you and what I see is me
And do I take you by the hand
And lead you through the land
And help me understand the best I can
And no one calls us to move on
And no one forces down our eyes
And no one speaks
And no one tries
And no one flies around the sun
Cloudless every day you fall
Upon my waking eyes
Inviting and inciting me to rise
And through the window in the wall
Comes streaming in on sunlight wings
A million bright ambassadors of morning
And no one sings me lullabies
And no one makes me close my eyes
So I tore the windows wide
And call to you across the sky.
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These are the two parts of ''Echoes'' ,at the Pompeii , in one video .. 24'06''
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"Echoes"
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air
And deep beneath the rolling waves in labyrinths of coral caves
The echo of a distant tide
Comes willowing across the sand
And everything is green and submarine
And no one showed us to the land
And no one knows the where's or why's
But something stirs and something tries
And starts to climb towards the light
Strangers passing in the street
By chance two separate glances meet
And I am you and what I see is me
And do I take you by the hand
And lead you through the land
And help me understand the best I can
And no one calls us to move on
And no one forces down our eyes
And no one speaks
And no one tries
And no one flies around the sun
Cloudless every day you fall
Upon my waking eyes
Inviting and inciting me to rise
And through the window in the wall
Comes streaming in on sunlight wings
A million bright ambassadors of morning
And no one sings me lullabies
And no one makes me close my eyes
So I tore the windows wide
And call to you across the sky.
- published: 28 May 2012
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David Gilmour
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- Duration: 1:55
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
My first video. Clips of Dave from the Pink Floyd Pompeii special.
Disclaimer: I do NOT know/own/etc. David Gilmour or any other member of Pink Floyd. I did not tape/produce/etc. the clips featured in this video.
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My first video. Clips of Dave from the Pink Floyd Pompeii special.
Disclaimer: I do NOT know/own/etc. David Gilmour or any other member of Pink Floyd. I did not tape/produce/etc. the clips featured in this video.
- published: 28 May 2012
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Pink Floyd's "Live at Pompeii" - Interview 1/3
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- Duration: 5:52
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The interviews given by Pink Floyd after the "Live At Pompeii" live concert.
The first.
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The interviews given by Pink Floyd after the "Live At Pompeii" live concert.
The first.
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Pink Floyd's "Live at Pompeii" - Interview 2/3
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- Duration: 7:08
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The interviews given by Pink Floyd after the "Live At Pompeii" live concert.
The second.
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The interviews given by Pink Floyd after the "Live At Pompeii" live concert.
The second.
- published: 22 Jul 2011
- views: 177
- author: pamelahl1
Pink Floyd's "Live at Pompeii" - Interview 3/3
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:51
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The interviews given by Pink Floyd after the "Live At Pompeii" live concert.
The third.
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The interviews given by Pink Floyd after the "Live At Pompeii" live concert.
The third.
- published: 22 Jul 2011
- views: 350
- author: pamelahl1
Pink Floyd - Echoes Live at Pompeii Part 1
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:21
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pink Floyd - Echoes Live at Pompeii - Part 1
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Pink Floyd - Echoes Live at Pompeii - Part 1
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- published: 20 Jul 2011
- views: 2569930
- author: pamelahl1
Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii - Echoes Part 2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:47
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pink Floyd - Echoes
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Pink Floyd - Echoes
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- published: 20 Jul 2011
- views: 90905
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A Saucerful of Secrets - Live at Pompeii - Pink Floyd
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:40
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
A Saucerful of Secrets - Live at Pompeii - Pink Floyd
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A Saucerful of Secrets - Live at Pompeii - Pink Floyd
- published: 20 Jul 2011
- views: 472638
- author: pamelahl1
Adrian Maben's Pink Floyd Live At Pompeii - Complete Concert 1971/1972
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 61:47
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii is a 1972 film featuring Pink Floyd performing six songs in the ancient Roman amphitheatre in Pompeii, Italy. It was directed by Adrian Maben and recorded in the month of October with 24 studio-quality tracks without a live audience.
The performances of "Echoes," "A Saucerful of Secrets," and "One of These Days" were filmed from October 4, 1971 to October 7, 1971. The remaining songs were filmed in a Paris studio, along with additional front projection footage for insertion into the Pompeii performances. The sequences in Paris were filmed in late 1971/early 1972, and can be distinguished by the absence of Richard Wright's beard. This version was released in cinemas in September 1972 and is also included on the DVD edition as an extra feature.
In August 1974, another version was released combining the original film with supposed recording sessions of The Dark Side of the Moon at Abbey Road Studios. These sessions were actually staged for the film, as the recording of the album had been completed when these sessions were filmed in January 1973 and the band was mixing the album at the time.
On this video:
1: Echoes (Part 1);
2: Careful With That Axe, Eugene;
3: A Saucerful Of Secrets;
4: One Of These Days;
5: Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun;
6: Mademoiselle Nobs, and
7: Echoes (Part 2).
Directed by Adrian Maben.
Pink Floyd Live At Pompeii 1971.
With David Gilmour
Nick Mason
Roger Waters
Richard Wright
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Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii is a 1972 film featuring Pink Floyd performing six songs in the ancient Roman amphitheatre in Pompeii, Italy. It was directed by Adrian Maben and recorded in the month of October with 24 studio-quality tracks without a live audience.
The performances of "Echoes," "A Saucerful of Secrets," and "One of These Days" were filmed from October 4, 1971 to October 7, 1971. The remaining songs were filmed in a Paris studio, along with additional front projection footage for insertion into the Pompeii performances. The sequences in Paris were filmed in late 1971/early 1972, and can be distinguished by the absence of Richard Wright's beard. This version was released in cinemas in September 1972 and is also included on the DVD edition as an extra feature.
In August 1974, another version was released combining the original film with supposed recording sessions of The Dark Side of the Moon at Abbey Road Studios. These sessions were actually staged for the film, as the recording of the album had been completed when these sessions were filmed in January 1973 and the band was mixing the album at the time.
On this video:
1: Echoes (Part 1);
2: Careful With That Axe, Eugene;
3: A Saucerful Of Secrets;
4: One Of These Days;
5: Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun;
6: Mademoiselle Nobs, and
7: Echoes (Part 2).
Directed by Adrian Maben.
Pink Floyd Live At Pompeii 1971.
With David Gilmour
Nick Mason
Roger Waters
Richard Wright
- published: 21 Jul 2011
- views: 117511
- author: pamelahl1
Adrian Maben - Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii Interview (Part 1 / 3)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:41
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Interview produced about the making of Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii, originally released on DVD in 2003.
http://wn.com/Adrian_Maben_Pink_Floyd_Live_at_Pompeii_Interview_Part_1_3
Interview produced about the making of Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii, originally released on DVD in 2003.
- published: 21 Jul 2011
- views: 3064
- author: pamelahl1
Adrian Maben - Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii Interview (Part 2 / 3)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:24
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Interview produced about the making of Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii, originally released on DVD in 2003.
http://wn.com/Adrian_Maben_Pink_Floyd_Live_at_Pompeii_Interview_Part_2_3
Interview produced about the making of Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii, originally released on DVD in 2003.
- published: 21 Jul 2011
- views: 1478
- author: pamelahl1
Adrian Maben - Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii Interview (Part 3 / 3)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:08
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Interview produced about the making of Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii, originally released on DVD in 2003.
http://wn.com/Adrian_Maben_Pink_Floyd_Live_at_Pompeii_Interview_Part_3_3
Interview produced about the making of Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii, originally released on DVD in 2003.
- published: 21 Jul 2011
- views: 1299
- author: pamelahl1
Echoes Part 1 - Live at Pompeii - PInk Floyd - HD
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:56
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
A Live Performance of:
"Echoes" Written in 1971 by all four members of Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, Richard Wright, David Gilmour, and Nick Mason first released on the "Meddle" album.
The original "Black Strat", a 1969 sunburst Stratocaster repainted with a black finish appears here prior to neck replacement and tremolo bar modifications were done.
David bought the guitar at Manny's Guitars in New York in 1970.
Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii
Directed by :Adrian Maben
Produced by : Steve O'Rourke
Michele Arnaud
Reiner Moritz
Starring: Pink Floyd
Music by : Pink Floyd
Cinematography :
Willy Kurant
Gabor Pogany
Editing:Jose Pinheiro
Distributed by: Universal Home Video
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http://wn.com/Echoes_Part_1_Live_at_Pompeii_PInk_Floyd_HD
A Live Performance of:
"Echoes" Written in 1971 by all four members of Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, Richard Wright, David Gilmour, and Nick Mason first released on the "Meddle" album.
The original "Black Strat", a 1969 sunburst Stratocaster repainted with a black finish appears here prior to neck replacement and tremolo bar modifications were done.
David bought the guitar at Manny's Guitars in New York in 1970.
Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii
Directed by :Adrian Maben
Produced by : Steve O'Rourke
Michele Arnaud
Reiner Moritz
Starring: Pink Floyd
Music by : Pink Floyd
Cinematography :
Willy Kurant
Gabor Pogany
Editing:Jose Pinheiro
Distributed by: Universal Home Video
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We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and review purposes only.
- published: 28 Sep 2011
- views: 37659
- author: pamelahl1
Careful with That Axe, Eugene - Pink Floyd - Live At Pompeii - 1972 - HD
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:23
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
A live performance of:
"Careful with That Axe, Eugene" written in 1968 by all members of the Pink Floyd band. The song appeared on the Relics album as well as Ummagumma.
This version is from the "Live at Pompeii" film done in 1972.
The original "Black Strat", a 1969 sunburst Stratocaster repainted with a black finish appears here prior to neck replacement and tremolo bar modifications were done.
David bought the guitar at Manny's Guitars in New York in 1970.
Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii
Directed by :Adrian Maben
Produced by : Steve O'Rourke
Michele Arnaud
Reiner Moritz
Starring: Pink Floyd
Music by : Pink Floyd
Cinematography :
Willy Kurant
Gabor Pogany
Editing:Jose Pinheiro
Distributed by: Universal Home Video
This video is not rendered to the full quality extent of the DVD, does not include the full volume of the DVD and is presented for review only in the hopes the viewer will be pleased to the extent to promote the viewer to buy the full dvd.
We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and review purposes only.
http://wn.com/Careful_with_That_Axe,_Eugene_Pink_Floyd_Live_At_Pompeii_1972_HD
A live performance of:
"Careful with That Axe, Eugene" written in 1968 by all members of the Pink Floyd band. The song appeared on the Relics album as well as Ummagumma.
This version is from the "Live at Pompeii" film done in 1972.
The original "Black Strat", a 1969 sunburst Stratocaster repainted with a black finish appears here prior to neck replacement and tremolo bar modifications were done.
David bought the guitar at Manny's Guitars in New York in 1970.
Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii
Directed by :Adrian Maben
Produced by : Steve O'Rourke
Michele Arnaud
Reiner Moritz
Starring: Pink Floyd
Music by : Pink Floyd
Cinematography :
Willy Kurant
Gabor Pogany
Editing:Jose Pinheiro
Distributed by: Universal Home Video
This video is not rendered to the full quality extent of the DVD, does not include the full volume of the DVD and is presented for review only in the hopes the viewer will be pleased to the extent to promote the viewer to buy the full dvd.
We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and review purposes only.
- published: 28 Sep 2011
- views: 504365
- author: pamelahl1
Mademoiselle Nobs - Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii - 1972 - HD
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:16
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
A live performance of:
"Mademoiselle Nobs" originally titled "Seamus" first appeared on the "Meddle" album released in 1971. This was Pink Floyd's only live version of this song.
This version on the "Live at Pompeii" film released in 1972 was named after the Russian Wolfhound named Nobs, which belonged to Madonna Bouglione the daughter of circus director Joseph Bouglione.
This version is minus the lyrics, Nobs provides the vocals, David Gilmour plays harmonica, Roger Waters plays David's Stratocaster, and Richard Wright is on keyboards.
Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii
Directed by :Adrian Maben
Produced by : Steve O'Rourke
Michele Arnaud
Reiner Moritz
Starring: Pink Floyd
Music by : Pink Floyd
Cinematography :
Willy Kurant
Gabor Pogany
Editing:Jose Pinheiro
Distributed by: Universal Home Video
This video is not rendered to the full quality extent of the DVD, does not include the full volume of the DVD and is presented for review only in the hopes the viewer will be pleased to the extent to promote the viewer to buy the full dvd.
We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and review purposes only.
http://wn.com/Mademoiselle_Nobs_Pink_Floyd_Live_at_Pompeii_1972_HD
A live performance of:
"Mademoiselle Nobs" originally titled "Seamus" first appeared on the "Meddle" album released in 1971. This was Pink Floyd's only live version of this song.
This version on the "Live at Pompeii" film released in 1972 was named after the Russian Wolfhound named Nobs, which belonged to Madonna Bouglione the daughter of circus director Joseph Bouglione.
This version is minus the lyrics, Nobs provides the vocals, David Gilmour plays harmonica, Roger Waters plays David's Stratocaster, and Richard Wright is on keyboards.
Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii
Directed by :Adrian Maben
Produced by : Steve O'Rourke
Michele Arnaud
Reiner Moritz
Starring: Pink Floyd
Music by : Pink Floyd
Cinematography :
Willy Kurant
Gabor Pogany
Editing:Jose Pinheiro
Distributed by: Universal Home Video
This video is not rendered to the full quality extent of the DVD, does not include the full volume of the DVD and is presented for review only in the hopes the viewer will be pleased to the extent to promote the viewer to buy the full dvd.
We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and review purposes only.
- published: 28 Sep 2011
- views: 129785
- author: pamelahl1
A Saucerful of Secrets - Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii - 1972 - HD
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:13
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
A live performance of:
"A Saucerful of Secrets" written by Roger Waters,David Gilmour, Richard Wright, and Nick Mason was released in 1968.
This version from the "Live at Pompeii" film done in 1972.
The original "Black Strat", a 1969 sunburst Stratocaster repainted with a black finish appears here prior to neck replacement and tremolo bar modifications were done.
David bought the guitar at Manny's Guitars in New York in 1970.
Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii
Directed by :Adrian Maben
Produced by : Steve O'Rourke
Michele Arnaud
Reiner Moritz
Starring: Pink Floyd
Music by : Pink Floyd
Cinematography :
Willy Kurant
Gabor Pogany
Editing:Jose Pinheiro
Distributed by: Universal Home Video
This video is not rendered to the full quality extent of the DVD, does not include the full volume of the DVD and is presented for review only in the hopes the viewer will be pleased to the extent to promote the viewer to buy the full dvd.
We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and review purposes only.
http://wn.com/A_Saucerful_of_Secrets_Pink_Floyd_Live_at_Pompeii_1972_HD
A live performance of:
"A Saucerful of Secrets" written by Roger Waters,David Gilmour, Richard Wright, and Nick Mason was released in 1968.
This version from the "Live at Pompeii" film done in 1972.
The original "Black Strat", a 1969 sunburst Stratocaster repainted with a black finish appears here prior to neck replacement and tremolo bar modifications were done.
David bought the guitar at Manny's Guitars in New York in 1970.
Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii
Directed by :Adrian Maben
Produced by : Steve O'Rourke
Michele Arnaud
Reiner Moritz
Starring: Pink Floyd
Music by : Pink Floyd
Cinematography :
Willy Kurant
Gabor Pogany
Editing:Jose Pinheiro
Distributed by: Universal Home Video
This video is not rendered to the full quality extent of the DVD, does not include the full volume of the DVD and is presented for review only in the hopes the viewer will be pleased to the extent to promote the viewer to buy the full dvd.
We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and review purposes only.
- published: 28 Sep 2011
- views: 214352
- author: pamelahl1
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun - Live at Pompeii - Pink Floyd - HD
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:27
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
A Live Performance of:
"Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" written by Roger Waters and released in 1968 on the "A Saucerful of Secrets" album. The song also appeared on the album "Ummagumma" 1969 and here on the film "Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii" released in 1972. The song features Nick Mason using Timpani mallets on drums.
Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii
Directed by :Adrian Maben
Produced by : Steve O'Rourke
Michele Arnaud
Reiner Moritz
Starring: Pink Floyd
Music by : Pink Floyd
Cinematography :
Willy Kurant
Gabor Pogany
Editing:Jose Pinheiro
Distributed by: Universal Home Video
This video is not rendered to the full quality extent of the DVD, does not include the full volume of the DVD and is presented for review only in the hopes the viewer will be pleased to the extent to promote the viewer to buy the full dvd.
We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and review purposes only.
http://wn.com/Set_the_Controls_for_the_Heart_of_the_Sun_Live_at_Pompeii_Pink_Floyd_HD
A Live Performance of:
"Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" written by Roger Waters and released in 1968 on the "A Saucerful of Secrets" album. The song also appeared on the album "Ummagumma" 1969 and here on the film "Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii" released in 1972. The song features Nick Mason using Timpani mallets on drums.
Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii
Directed by :Adrian Maben
Produced by : Steve O'Rourke
Michele Arnaud
Reiner Moritz
Starring: Pink Floyd
Music by : Pink Floyd
Cinematography :
Willy Kurant
Gabor Pogany
Editing:Jose Pinheiro
Distributed by: Universal Home Video
This video is not rendered to the full quality extent of the DVD, does not include the full volume of the DVD and is presented for review only in the hopes the viewer will be pleased to the extent to promote the viewer to buy the full dvd.
We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and review purposes only.
- published: 28 Sep 2011
- views: 98366
- author: pamelahl1
David Gilmour -- I can't breathe anymore
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
I can't breathe anymore -- live in 1978. He is so beautiful.
http://wn.com/David_Gilmour_-_I_can't_breathe_anymore
I can't breathe anymore -- live in 1978. He is so beautiful.
- published: 10 Mar 2012
- views: 43531
- author: pamelahl1
10:04
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii, 1972 [Part 2]
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii is a 1972 film featuring Pink Floyd performing six songs in th...
published: 17 Jun 2011
author: Cavaot
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii, 1972 [Part 2]
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii is a 1972 film featuring Pink Floyd performing six songs in the ancient Roman amphitheatre in Pompeii, Italy. It was directed by Adrian Maben and recorded in the month of October with 24 tracks studio quality without a live audience
The performances of "Echoes," "A Saucerful of Secrets," and "One of These Days" were filmed from October 4, 1971 to October 7, 1971. The remaining songs were filmed in a Paris studio, along with additional front projection footage for insertion into the Pompeii performances. The sequences in Paris were filmed in late 1971/early 1972, and can be distinguished by the absence of Richard Wright's beard. This version was released in theaters in September 1972 and is also included on the DVD edition as an extra feature.
In August 1974, another version was released combining the original film with supposed recording sessions of The Dark Side of the Moon at Abbey Road Studios. These sessions were actually staged for the film, as the recording of the album had been completed when these sessions were filmed in January 1973 and the band was mixing the album at the time.
This version is the Director's Cut. The Director's Cut is a 2003 DVD re-release running 92 minutes. In addition to the concert and interview footage, it includes more overlaid imagery including footage from the Apollo space program and computer-generated images of space and Pompeii, and overall has a busier, "updated" feel. The original 4:3 aspect footage is presented in "fake widescreen" in this version. The DVD contains the original one-hour release in the "features" section.
"Echoes, Part 1"/"On the Run" (Studio Footage) (Uncredited) (from Meddle/The Dark Side of the Moon, 1971/1973)
"Careful with That Axe, Eugene" (B-side of "Point Me at the Sky" single, 1968)
"A Saucerful of Secrets" (from A Saucerful of Secrets, 1968)
"Us and Them" (Studio Footage) (from The Dark Side of the Moon, 1973)
"One of These Days" (from Meddle, 1971)
"Mademoiselle Nobs" (from Meddle, 1971 previously known as "Seamus")
"Brain Damage" (Studio Footage) (from The Dark Side of the Moon, 1973)
"Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (from A Saucerful of Secrets, 1968)
"Echoes, Part 2" (from Meddle, 1971)
I do not own any rights for this video.
- published: 17 Jun 2011
- views: 24759
- author: Cavaot
10:00
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii, 1972 [Part 6]
I do not own any rights for this video.
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii is a 1972 film featur...
published: 17 Jun 2011
author: Cavaot
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii, 1972 [Part 6]
I do not own any rights for this video.
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii is a 1972 film featuring Pink Floyd performing six songs in the ancient Roman amphitheatre in Pompeii, Italy. It was directed by Adrian Maben and recorded in the month of October with 24 tracks studio quality without a live audience
The performances of "Echoes," "A Saucerful of Secrets," and "One of These Days" were filmed from October 4, 1971 to October 7, 1971. The remaining songs were filmed in a Paris studio, along with additional front projection footage for insertion into the Pompeii performances. The sequences in Paris were filmed in late 1971/early 1972, and can be distinguished by the absence of Richard Wright's beard. This version was released in theaters in September 1972 and is also included on the DVD edition as an extra feature.
In August 1974, another version was released combining the original film with supposed recording sessions of The Dark Side of the Moon at Abbey Road Studios. These sessions were actually staged for the film, as the recording of the album had been completed when these sessions were filmed in January 1973 and the band was mixing the album at the time.
This version is the Director's Cut. The Director's Cut is a 2003 DVD re-release running 92 minutes. In addition to the concert and interview footage, it includes more overlaid imagery including footage from the Apollo space program and computer-generated images of space and Pompeii, and overall has a busier, "updated" feel. The original 4:3 aspect footage is presented in "fake widescreen" in this version. The DVD contains the original one-hour release in the "features" section.
"Echoes, Part 1"/"On the Run" (Studio Footage) (Uncredited) (from Meddle/The Dark Side of the Moon, 1971/1973)
"Careful with That Axe, Eugene" (B-side of "Point Me at the Sky" single, 1968)
"A Saucerful of Secrets" (from A Saucerful of Secrets, 1968)
"Us and Them" (Studio Footage) (from The Dark Side of the Moon, 1973)
"One of These Days" (from Meddle, 1971)
"Mademoiselle Nobs" (from Meddle, 1971 previously known as "Seamus")
"Brain Damage" (Studio Footage) (from The Dark Side of the Moon, 1973)
"Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (from A Saucerful of Secrets, 1968)
"Echoes, Part 2" (from Meddle, 1971)
- published: 17 Jun 2011
- views: 16725
- author: Cavaot
61:47
Adrian Maben's Pink Floyd Live At Pompeii - Complete Concert 1971/1972
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii is a 1972 film featuring Pink Floyd performing six songs in th...
published: 17 Jun 2011
author: Cavaot
Adrian Maben's Pink Floyd Live At Pompeii - Complete Concert 1971/1972
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii is a 1972 film featuring Pink Floyd performing six songs in the ancient Roman amphitheatre in Pompeii, Italy. It was directed by Adrian Maben and recorded in the month of October with 24 studio-quality tracks without a live audience.
The performances of "Echoes," "A Saucerful of Secrets," and "One of These Days" were filmed from October 4, 1971 to October 7, 1971. The remaining songs were filmed in a Paris studio, along with additional front projection footage for insertion into the Pompeii performances. The sequences in Paris were filmed in late 1971/early 1972, and can be distinguished by the absence of Richard Wright's beard. This version was released in cinemas in September 1972 and is also included on the DVD edition as an extra feature.
In August 1974, another version was released combining the original film with supposed recording sessions of The Dark Side of the Moon at Abbey Road Studios. These sessions were actually staged for the film, as the recording of the album had been completed when these sessions were filmed in January 1973 and the band was mixing the album at the time.
On this video:
1: Echoes (Part 1);
2: Careful With That Axe, Eugene;
3: A Saucerful Of Secrets;
4: One Of These Days;
5: Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun;
6: Mademoiselle Nobs, and
7: Echoes (Part 2).
Directed by Adrian Maben.
Pink Floyd Live At Pompeii 1971.
With David Gilmour
Nick Mason
Roger Waters
Richard Wright
- published: 17 Jun 2011
- views: 117511
- author: Cavaot
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep1 Pt03
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep1 Pt03
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep1 Pt04
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep1 Pt04
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep1 Pt05
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep1 Pt05
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15:07
The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep1 Pt06
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep1 Pt06
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15:06
The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep1 Pt07
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep1 Pt07
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15:06
The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep1 Pt08
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep1 Pt08
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15:09
The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep1 Pt09
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep1 Pt09
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8:33
The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep1 Pt10
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep1 Pt10
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15:06
The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep2 Pt1
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep2 Pt1
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15:07
The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep2 Pt2
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep2 Pt2
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15:05
The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep2 Pt3
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep2 Pt3
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15:07
The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep2 Pt4
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep2 Pt4
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep2 Pt5
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep2 Pt6
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep2 Pt7
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep3 Pt1
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 Ep3 Pt1
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6:21
Pink Floyd - Echoes Live at Pompeii Part 1
Pink Floyd - Echoes Live at Pompeii - Part 1
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Pink Floyd - Echoes Live at Pompeii Part 1
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6:27
Pink Floyd Careful With That Axe, Eugene!
This is original video from Pink Floyd live album "Live at Pompeii", it is much better vis...
published: 28 May 2012
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Pink Floyd Careful With That Axe, Eugene!
This is original video from Pink Floyd live album "Live at Pompeii", it is much better visually then the remastered and edited Director's cut version.
- published: 28 May 2012
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9:40
A Saucerful of Secrets - Live at Pompeii - Pink Floyd
A Saucerful of Secrets - Live at Pompeii - Pink Floyd...
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A Saucerful of Secrets - Live at Pompeii - Pink Floyd
A Saucerful of Secrets - Live at Pompeii - Pink Floyd
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4:48
Pink Floyd - Us And Them - From Live At Pompeii
Us And Them, an excerpt from the film Live At Pompeii of Pink Floyd shot in 1971. Simply a...
published: 28 May 2012
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Pink Floyd - Us And Them - From Live At Pompeii
Us And Them, an excerpt from the film Live At Pompeii of Pink Floyd shot in 1971. Simply and magic...
- published: 28 May 2012
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5:24
One of These Days - Pink Floyd - live at Pompeii
Take a look at the drummer. Nick Mason is responsible for one of the best parts of The Pin...
published: 28 May 2012
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One of These Days - Pink Floyd - live at Pompeii
Take a look at the drummer. Nick Mason is responsible for one of the best parts of The Pink Floyd Concert Live at Pompeii: One of These Days
- published: 28 May 2012
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1:41
Pink Floyd - Mademoiselle Nobs - Live Pompei
Pink Floyd - Mademoiselle Nobs - Live Pompei...
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Pink Floyd - Mademoiselle Nobs - Live Pompei
Pink Floyd - Mademoiselle Nobs - Live Pompei
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9:49
Pink Floyd - Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
Pink Floyd - Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (live at Pompeii)...
published: 28 May 2012
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Pink Floyd - Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
Pink Floyd - Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (live at Pompeii)
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8:32
Pink Floyd Live At Pompeii - Echoes (Part 2)
This is paradise....
published: 28 May 2012
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Pink Floyd Live At Pompeii - Echoes (Part 2)
This is paradise.
- published: 28 May 2012
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2:33
Cymbalyne - Live at pompei
Cymbalyne - Live at pompei...
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Cymbalyne - Live at pompei
Cymbalyne - Live at pompei
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6:13
Pink Floyd live at Pompeii Part 1 [FULL DOWNLOAD LINK]
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Pink Floyd live at Pompeii Part 1 [FULL DOWNLOAD LINK]
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Awesome live performance. Jump first minute as it has long blank beginning. Enjoy.
- published: 28 May 2012
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6:15
Pink Floyd live at Pompeii Part 2 [FULL DOWNLOAD LINK]
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Pink Floyd live at Pompeii Part 2 [FULL DOWNLOAD LINK]
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6:06
Pink Floyd live at Pompeii Part 3 [FULL DOWNLOAD LINK]
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Pink Floyd live at Pompeii Part 3 [FULL DOWNLOAD LINK]
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6:13
Pink Floyd live at Pompeii Part 4 [FULL DOWNLOAD LINK]
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Pink Floyd live at Pompeii Part 4 [FULL DOWNLOAD LINK]
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- published: 28 May 2012
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6:09
Pink Floyd live at Pompeii Part 5 [FULL DOWNLOAD LINK]
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Pink Floyd live at Pompeii Part 5 [FULL DOWNLOAD LINK]
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Pink Floyd live at Pompeii Part 6 [FULL DOWNLOAD LINK]
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Pink Floyd live at Pompeii Part 6 [FULL DOWNLOAD LINK]
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Pink Floyd live at Pompeii Part 7 [FULL DOWNLOAD LINK]
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Pink Floyd live at Pompeii Part 8 [FULL DOWNLOAD LINK]
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Pink Floyd live at Pompeii Part 8 [FULL DOWNLOAD LINK]
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Pink Floyd live at Pompeii Part 9 [FULL DOWNLOAD LINK]
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Pink Floyd live at Pompeii Part 9 [FULL DOWNLOAD LINK]
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- published: 28 May 2012
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5:52
Pink Floyd's "Live at Pompeii" - Interview 1/3
The interviews given by Pink Floyd after the "Live At Pompeii" live concert.
The first....
published: 22 Jul 2011
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Pink Floyd's "Live at Pompeii" - Interview 1/3
The interviews given by Pink Floyd after the "Live At Pompeii" live concert.
The first.
- published: 22 Jul 2011
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7:08
Pink Floyd's "Live at Pompeii" - Interview 2/3
The interviews given by Pink Floyd after the "Live At Pompeii" live concert.
The second....
published: 22 Jul 2011
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Pink Floyd's "Live at Pompeii" - Interview 2/3
The interviews given by Pink Floyd after the "Live At Pompeii" live concert.
The second.
- published: 22 Jul 2011
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6:51
Pink Floyd's "Live at Pompeii" - Interview 3/3
The interviews given by Pink Floyd after the "Live At Pompeii" live concert.
The third....
published: 22 Jul 2011
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Pink Floyd's "Live at Pompeii" - Interview 3/3
The interviews given by Pink Floyd after the "Live At Pompeii" live concert.
The third.
- published: 22 Jul 2011
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6:21
Pink Floyd - Echoes Live at Pompeii Part 1
Pink Floyd - Echoes Live at Pompeii - Part 1
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Pink Floyd - Echoes Live at Pompeii Part 1
Pink Floyd - Echoes Live at Pompeii - Part 1
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- published: 20 Jul 2011
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9:47
Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii - Echoes Part 2
Pink Floyd - Echoes
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Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii - Echoes Part 2
Pink Floyd - Echoes
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9:40
A Saucerful of Secrets - Live at Pompeii - Pink Floyd
A Saucerful of Secrets - Live at Pompeii - Pink Floyd...
published: 20 Jul 2011
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A Saucerful of Secrets - Live at Pompeii - Pink Floyd
A Saucerful of Secrets - Live at Pompeii - Pink Floyd
- published: 20 Jul 2011
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61:47
Adrian Maben's Pink Floyd Live At Pompeii - Complete Concert 1971/1972
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii is a 1972 film featuring Pink Floyd performing six songs in th...
published: 21 Jul 2011
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Adrian Maben's Pink Floyd Live At Pompeii - Complete Concert 1971/1972
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii is a 1972 film featuring Pink Floyd performing six songs in the ancient Roman amphitheatre in Pompeii, Italy. It was directed by Adrian Maben and recorded in the month of October with 24 studio-quality tracks without a live audience.
The performances of "Echoes," "A Saucerful of Secrets," and "One of These Days" were filmed from October 4, 1971 to October 7, 1971. The remaining songs were filmed in a Paris studio, along with additional front projection footage for insertion into the Pompeii performances. The sequences in Paris were filmed in late 1971/early 1972, and can be distinguished by the absence of Richard Wright's beard. This version was released in cinemas in September 1972 and is also included on the DVD edition as an extra feature.
In August 1974, another version was released combining the original film with supposed recording sessions of The Dark Side of the Moon at Abbey Road Studios. These sessions were actually staged for the film, as the recording of the album had been completed when these sessions were filmed in January 1973 and the band was mixing the album at the time.
On this video:
1: Echoes (Part 1);
2: Careful With That Axe, Eugene;
3: A Saucerful Of Secrets;
4: One Of These Days;
5: Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun;
6: Mademoiselle Nobs, and
7: Echoes (Part 2).
Directed by Adrian Maben.
Pink Floyd Live At Pompeii 1971.
With David Gilmour
Nick Mason
Roger Waters
Richard Wright
- published: 21 Jul 2011
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8:41
Adrian Maben - Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii Interview (Part 1 / 3)
Interview produced about the making of Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii, originally released on ...
published: 21 Jul 2011
author: pamelahl1
Adrian Maben - Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii Interview (Part 1 / 3)
Interview produced about the making of Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii, originally released on DVD in 2003.
- published: 21 Jul 2011
- views: 3064
- author: pamelahl1
8:24
Adrian Maben - Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii Interview (Part 2 / 3)
Interview produced about the making of Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii, originally released on ...
published: 21 Jul 2011
author: pamelahl1
Adrian Maben - Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii Interview (Part 2 / 3)
Interview produced about the making of Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii, originally released on DVD in 2003.
- published: 21 Jul 2011
- views: 1478
- author: pamelahl1
7:08
Adrian Maben - Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii Interview (Part 3 / 3)
Interview produced about the making of Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii, originally released on ...
published: 21 Jul 2011
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Adrian Maben - Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii Interview (Part 3 / 3)
Interview produced about the making of Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii, originally released on DVD in 2003.
- published: 21 Jul 2011
- views: 1299
- author: pamelahl1
10:56
Echoes Part 1 - Live at Pompeii - PInk Floyd - HD
A Live Performance of:
"Echoes" Written in 1971 by all four members of Pink Floyd, Roger W...
published: 28 Sep 2011
author: pamelahl1
Echoes Part 1 - Live at Pompeii - PInk Floyd - HD
A Live Performance of:
"Echoes" Written in 1971 by all four members of Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, Richard Wright, David Gilmour, and Nick Mason first released on the "Meddle" album.
The original "Black Strat", a 1969 sunburst Stratocaster repainted with a black finish appears here prior to neck replacement and tremolo bar modifications were done.
David bought the guitar at Manny's Guitars in New York in 1970.
Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii
Directed by :Adrian Maben
Produced by : Steve O'Rourke
Michele Arnaud
Reiner Moritz
Starring: Pink Floyd
Music by : Pink Floyd
Cinematography :
Willy Kurant
Gabor Pogany
Editing:Jose Pinheiro
Distributed by: Universal Home Video
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- published: 28 Sep 2011
- views: 37659
- author: pamelahl1
6:23
Careful with That Axe, Eugene - Pink Floyd - Live At Pompeii - 1972 - HD
A live performance of:
"Careful with That Axe, Eugene" written in 1968 by all members of t...
published: 28 Sep 2011
author: pamelahl1
Careful with That Axe, Eugene - Pink Floyd - Live At Pompeii - 1972 - HD
A live performance of:
"Careful with That Axe, Eugene" written in 1968 by all members of the Pink Floyd band. The song appeared on the Relics album as well as Ummagumma.
This version is from the "Live at Pompeii" film done in 1972.
The original "Black Strat", a 1969 sunburst Stratocaster repainted with a black finish appears here prior to neck replacement and tremolo bar modifications were done.
David bought the guitar at Manny's Guitars in New York in 1970.
Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii
Directed by :Adrian Maben
Produced by : Steve O'Rourke
Michele Arnaud
Reiner Moritz
Starring: Pink Floyd
Music by : Pink Floyd
Cinematography :
Willy Kurant
Gabor Pogany
Editing:Jose Pinheiro
Distributed by: Universal Home Video
This video is not rendered to the full quality extent of the DVD, does not include the full volume of the DVD and is presented for review only in the hopes the viewer will be pleased to the extent to promote the viewer to buy the full dvd.
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- published: 28 Sep 2011
- views: 504365
- author: pamelahl1
2:16
Mademoiselle Nobs - Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii - 1972 - HD
A live performance of:
"Mademoiselle Nobs" originally titled "Seamus" first appeared on th...
published: 28 Sep 2011
author: pamelahl1
Mademoiselle Nobs - Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii - 1972 - HD
A live performance of:
"Mademoiselle Nobs" originally titled "Seamus" first appeared on the "Meddle" album released in 1971. This was Pink Floyd's only live version of this song.
This version on the "Live at Pompeii" film released in 1972 was named after the Russian Wolfhound named Nobs, which belonged to Madonna Bouglione the daughter of circus director Joseph Bouglione.
This version is minus the lyrics, Nobs provides the vocals, David Gilmour plays harmonica, Roger Waters plays David's Stratocaster, and Richard Wright is on keyboards.
Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii
Directed by :Adrian Maben
Produced by : Steve O'Rourke
Michele Arnaud
Reiner Moritz
Starring: Pink Floyd
Music by : Pink Floyd
Cinematography :
Willy Kurant
Gabor Pogany
Editing:Jose Pinheiro
Distributed by: Universal Home Video
This video is not rendered to the full quality extent of the DVD, does not include the full volume of the DVD and is presented for review only in the hopes the viewer will be pleased to the extent to promote the viewer to buy the full dvd.
We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and review purposes only.
- published: 28 Sep 2011
- views: 129785
- author: pamelahl1
10:13
A Saucerful of Secrets - Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii - 1972 - HD
A live performance of:
"A Saucerful of Secrets" written by Roger Waters,David Gilmour, Ri...
published: 28 Sep 2011
author: pamelahl1
A Saucerful of Secrets - Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii - 1972 - HD
A live performance of:
"A Saucerful of Secrets" written by Roger Waters,David Gilmour, Richard Wright, and Nick Mason was released in 1968.
This version from the "Live at Pompeii" film done in 1972.
The original "Black Strat", a 1969 sunburst Stratocaster repainted with a black finish appears here prior to neck replacement and tremolo bar modifications were done.
David bought the guitar at Manny's Guitars in New York in 1970.
Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii
Directed by :Adrian Maben
Produced by : Steve O'Rourke
Michele Arnaud
Reiner Moritz
Starring: Pink Floyd
Music by : Pink Floyd
Cinematography :
Willy Kurant
Gabor Pogany
Editing:Jose Pinheiro
Distributed by: Universal Home Video
This video is not rendered to the full quality extent of the DVD, does not include the full volume of the DVD and is presented for review only in the hopes the viewer will be pleased to the extent to promote the viewer to buy the full dvd.
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- published: 28 Sep 2011
- views: 214352
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Pompeii
I made this series of clips while visiting the ancient city of Pompeii, Italy. I used my ...
published: 19 Mar 2008
author: RogerB1
Pompeii
I made this series of clips while visiting the ancient city of Pompeii, Italy. I used my Sony HC1 and shot in HDV and edited with Vegas 8. Pompeii was buried under volcanic ash for almost 2000 years. This is a amazing place to visit.
7:16
Pompeii
Walking to grounds of Pompeii in Jan 2010....
published: 01 Dec 2011
author: William
Pompeii
Walking to grounds of Pompeii in Jan 2010.
4:54
Pompeii
Digital memories of a visit to Pompeii, October, 2010. A "video-ized" slide show....
published: 11 May 2011
author: Franklin B Thompson
Pompeii
Digital memories of a visit to Pompeii, October, 2010. A "video-ized" slide show.
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10:27
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun - Live at Pompeii - Pink Floyd - HD
A Live Performance of:
"Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" written by Roger Waters...
published: 28 Sep 2011
author: pamelahl1
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun - Live at Pompeii - Pink Floyd - HD
A Live Performance of:
"Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" written by Roger Waters and released in 1968 on the "A Saucerful of Secrets" album. The song also appeared on the album "Ummagumma" 1969 and here on the film "Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii" released in 1972. The song features Nick Mason using Timpani mallets on drums.
Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii
Directed by :Adrian Maben
Produced by : Steve O'Rourke
Michele Arnaud
Reiner Moritz
Starring: Pink Floyd
Music by : Pink Floyd
Cinematography :
Willy Kurant
Gabor Pogany
Editing:Jose Pinheiro
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David Gilmour -- I can't breathe anymore
I can't breathe anymore -- live in 1978. He is so beautiful....
published: 10 Mar 2012
author: pamelahl1
David Gilmour -- I can't breathe anymore
I can't breathe anymore -- live in 1978. He is so beautiful.
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photo: AP / Reed Saxon
10 Dec 2012
The wreckage of a small plane believed to be carrying Mexican-American singing superstar Jenni Rivera has been found in northern Mexico and there are no apparent survivors, authorities said. Transportation and Communications Minister Gerardo Ruiz Esparza said on Sunday that "everything points toward" it being the US-registered Learjet 25 carrying Rivera and six other people from Monterrey en route to Toluca, Mexico ... 192 Source. ... Share ... ....(size: 17.5Kb)
photo: USAF / Staff Sgt. Jonathan Lovelady
10 Dec 2012
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. In the desert of central Australia still resides a primitive tribe known as the Arunta. This non-technological and stateless group, which mainly depends on hunting and gathering, had suffered several inexplicable deaths ... Therefore, they organized an atinga, or revenge group ... When the guiltless tribe learned of their approach, they sent out a delegation of young women as a token of peace....(size: 5.8Kb)
photo: AP / Bullit Marquez
11 Dec 2012
The death toll brought about by typhoon “Pablo” continued to rise with 714 persons confirmed dead by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) yesterday while those missing ballooned to 890 as massive search, retrieval and relief operations continue in the typhoon-ravaged areas in Mindanao ... 4 ... They were subsequently brought to Caraga Regional Hospital ... (NHMFC) (P100,000) ... With AFP ....(size: 5.4Kb)
photo: AP / Todd Williamson
10 Dec 2012
MÉXICO, D.F., diciembre 9 (EL UNIVERSAL).- La Voz México, programa de talentos de Televisa, confirmó la muerte de la cantante Jenni Rivera, a través de su Twitter. "Que toquen fuerte las bandas, suelten por mí mariposas, apláudanme con sus palmas... http.//twitpic.com/bkmhl0 .Descanse en paz Jenni Rivera" ... Además, anunció un homenaje luctuoso dedicado a la cantante ... Descanse en Paz" ... ....(size: 2.1Kb)
photo: UN / Eric Kanalstein
11 Dec 2012
Afghan women victims of violence are still being failed by the justice system, according to a new UN report. Although there had been some progress in implementing a 2009 anti-violence law, overall use of the law "remained low", the report says. Cultural pressures and inconsistent police practices are hampering implementation of the law, it added ... 'Tip of the iceberg' ... Afghan victims of sexual abuse rarely speak out ... ....(size: 2.5Kb)
Denver Post
12 Dec 2012
Mike MacIntyre's first San Jose State team struggled to a 1-12 record, but showed marked improvement late in the season. (Jeremy Papasso, Daily Camera). Related ... Colorado introduces Mike MacIntyre as football coachMark Kiszla. In 2nd effort, CU Buffs get it right with Mike MacIntyre ... This is the lull after a big hire, but it's really the first steps in his Pompeii-level rebuilding project after the worst season in Colorado history ... ....(size: 5.5Kb)
IMDb
11 Dec 2012
... of their own single 'Pompeii' with Calvin Harris and Florence Welch's 'Sweet Nothing'....(size: 0.6Kb)
The Examiner
11 Dec 2012
Two giants in the media will be teaming up together. According to Detroit Free Press, Beyoncé and Pepsi are going into a global partnership. The Detroit Free Press states, “We already know we'll see Beyoncé at the Pepsi Halftime Show of the Feb ... In early 2013 consumers will see Pepsi cans with Beyoncé on them ... beyonce ... Commercial messages and political campaign displays have been found in the ruins of Pompeii and ancient Arabia ... ....(size: 3.2Kb)
BBC News
10 Dec 2012
A decade ago a £10 loaf going on sale in the UK prompted raised eyebrows in the press. This has been the era of the posh loaf. So has this ultimate food staple been through a revolution?. This is a tale of two breads. In one corner is a sliced, white loaf in a branded plastic bag. Its neck is sealed with a plastic twist ... It's a pave ... Federation of Bakers The bread makers of Pompeii The spark that started the Great Fire of London ... ....(size: 8.3Kb)
NZ Herald
09 Dec 2012
Cuts mean grand archaeological find may be buried to save it from pollution and ice ... Maria Grazia Vernuccio, a spokeswoman for the heritage group Italia Nostra, said funding cuts were leaving several Italian sites at risk of crumbling, from Pompeii to the sprawling city of Ostia Antica near Rome, to Villa Jovis, the Emperor Tiberius' palace on the island of Capri, and Aquileia, the Roman city near Venice ... Marcus Nonius Macrinus. Who ... ....(size: 4.6Kb)
The Guardian
09 Dec 2012
Marcus Nonius Macrinus's mausoleum near Rome is latest victim of 20% funding cuts for archaeological sites ... Maria Grazia Vernuccio, a spokeswoman for the heritage group Italia Nostra, said funding cuts were leaving a number of Italian sites at risk of crumbling, from Pompeii to the sprawling city of Ostia Antica near Rome, to Villa Jovis, the Emperor Tiberius's palace on the island of Capri, and Aquileia, the Roman city near Venice ... ....(size: 6.3Kb)
Sydney Morning Herald
07 Dec 2012
BOB KELLETT, 1927-2012 ... Kellett was then chosen by the producer Ned Sherrin to direct three films starring Frankie Howerd, Up Pompeii and Up the Chastity Belt (both 1971), and Up the Front (1972), all of which were flagrantly ‘‘naughty’’ ... Up Pompeii was a spin-off from the popular television sitcom of the same name set in ancient Rome ... That is if he could find his handkerchief.’’ ... Tweet ....(size: 5.8Kb)
noodls
06 Dec 2012
Artists Robert Schott & Tom Stovall Logged Over 600 Man Hours to Bring the Original 1925 Paintings Back to Life. St ... To mark the 20th anniversary of this special occasion, the legendary property tapped renowned Florida muralist Robert Schott along with Tom Stovall, to bring four original murals from the original Pompeii Room, now known as Marchand's Bar & Grill, back to their prime ... by 4 ft., which acted as a template ... Pete area ... (noodl....(size: 5.2Kb)
Business Wire
06 Dec 2012
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings has assigned a 'BBB+' rating to The Western Union Company's (Western Union) issuance of $250 million in 2.375% senior unsecured notes due December 2015 and $500 million in 2.875% senior unsecured notes due December 2017 ... Fitch estimates that Western Union now trades at a forward enterprise value to EBITDA multiple of approximately 6x ... Credit strengths include. ... ... ... ... ... Jason Pompeii, +1-312-368-3210....(size: 11.8Kb)
Stars and Stripes
05 Dec 2012
Belgium. SHAPE TRIPS AND TOURS. Dec. 8, London, 70 euros; Dec ... 27, Paris, 50 euros; Dec. 30-Jan ... 3, Paris, 50 euros; Feb ... Tuesdays, Best of the Region, 48 euros adult, 43 euros child; Thursdays, Sorrento, Vietri and Emerald Grotto, 39 euros adult, 36 euros child; Fridays, Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius, 48 euros adult, 43 euros child; Saturdays, wine-tasting on Vesuvius, 45 euros; Sundays, Sorrento and Pompeii, 48 euros adult, 43 euros child ... ....(size: 8.4Kb)
Stars and Stripes
05 Dec 2012
Belgium. SHAPE TRIPS AND TOURS. Dec. 8, London, 70 euros; Dec ... 27, Paris, 50 euros; Dec. 30-Jan ... 3, Paris, 50 euros; Feb ... Tuesdays, Best of the Region, 48 euros adult, 43 euros child; Thursdays, Sorrento, Vietri and Emerald Grotto, 39 euros adult, 36 euros child; Fridays, Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius, 48 euros adult, 43 euros child; Saturdays, wine-tasting on Vesuvius, 45 euros; Sundays, Sorrento and Pompeii, 48 euros adult, 43 euros child ... ....(size: 8.4Kb)
The Daily Telegraph
05 Dec 2012
A Swedish artist has been accused of desecrating the bodies of Jewish Holocaust victims after it emerged he used ashes taken from the crematoria at Majdanek concentration camp to paint a picture. 3.23PM GMT 05 Dec 2012. Carl Michael von Hausswolff mixed the ashes from the infamous Nazi facility with water to compose a small painting of grey streaks. The work now hangs in a gallery in the Swedish city of Lund ... 'World War One Pompeii' ... ....(size: 9.9Kb)
For the modern Italian city, see Pompei.
For other uses, see Pompeii (disambiguation).
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| Archaeological Areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Torre Annunziata * | |
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 View into a narrow street of Pompeii |
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| Country | Italy |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | iii, iv, v |
| Reference | 829 |
| Region ** | Europe |
| Coordinates | 40°45′04″N 14°29′13″E / 40.751000°N 14.487000°E / 40.751000; 14.487000Coordinates: 40°45′04″N 14°29′13″E / 40.751000°N 14.487000°E / 40.751000; 14.487000 |
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| Inscription | 1997 (21st Session) |
| * Name as inscribed on World Heritage List ** Region as classified by UNESCO |
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The city of Pompeii is a partially buried Roman town-city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the comune of Pompei. Along with Herculaneum, Pompeii was partially destroyed and buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.
Pompeii was lost for nearly 1700 years before its rediscovery in 1748. Since then, its excavation has provided an extraordinarily detailed insight into the life of a city during the Pax Romana. Today, this UNESCO World Heritage Site is one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy, with approximately 2,500,000 visitors every year.[1]
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Name[link]
The name "Pompeii" in Latin is a second declension plural (Pompeiī, -ōrum). According to Theodor Kraus, "The root of the word Pompeii would appear to be the Oscan word for the number five, pompe, which suggests that either the community consisted of five hamlets or, perhaps, it was settled by a family group (gens Pompeia)."[2]
Geography[link]
The ruins of Pompeii are situated at coordinates 40°45′00″N 14°29′10″E / 40.75°N 14.48611°E / 40.75; 14.48611, near the modern suburban town of Pompei (nowadays written with one "i"). It stands on a spur formed by a lava flow to the north of the mouth of the Sarno River (known in ancient times as the Sarnus).
Today it is some distance inland, but in ancient times it would have been nearer to the coast. Pompeii is about 8 km (5.0 mi) away from Mount Vesuvius. It covered a total of 163 acres[citation needed], and would have been in the region of Campania.
History[link]
Early history[link]
The archaeological digs at the site extend to the street level of the 79 AD volcanic event; deeper digs in older parts of Pompeii and core samples of nearby drillings have exposed layers of jumbled sediment that suggest that the city had suffered from the volcano and other seismic events before then. Three sheets of sediment have been found on top of the lava that lies below the city and, mixed in with the sediment, archaeologists have found bits of animal bone, pottery shards and plants.
Carbon dating has relegated the oldest of these layers to the 8th–6th centuries BC, about the time that the city was founded. The other two strata are separated either by well-developed soil layers or Roman pavement, and were laid in the 4th century BC and 2nd century BC. It is theorized that the layers of jumbled sediment were created by large landslides, perhaps triggered by extended rainfall.[3]
The town was founded around the 7th–6th century BC by the Osci or Oscans, a people of central Italy, on what was an important crossroad between Cumae, Nola and Stabiae. It had already been used as a safe port by Greek and Phoenician sailors. According to Strabo, Pompeii was also captured by the Etruscans, and in fact recent[timeframe?] excavations have shown the presence of Etruscan inscriptions and a 6th century BC necropolis. Pompeii was captured for the first time by the Greek colony of Cumae, allied with Syracuse, between 525 and 474 BC.
In the 5th century BC, the Samnites conquered it (and all the other towns of Campania); the new rulers imposed their architecture and enlarged the town. After the Samnite Wars (4th century BC), Pompeii was forced to accept the status of socium of Rome, maintaining, however, linguistic and administrative autonomy. In the 4th century BC, it was fortified. Pompeii remained faithful to Rome during the Second Punic War.
Pompeii took part in the war that the towns of Campania initiated against Rome, but in 89 BC it was besieged by Sulla. Although the blunts of the Social League, headed by Lucius Cluentius, helped in resisting the Romans, in 80 BC Pompeii was forced to surrender after the conquest of Nola, culminating in many of Sulla's veterans being given land and property, while many of those who went against Rome were ousted from their homes. It became a Roman colony with the name of Colonia Cornelia Veneria Pompeianorum. The town became an important passage for goods that arrived by sea and had to be sent toward Rome or Southern Italy along the nearby Appian Way.
It was fed with water by a spur from Aqua Augusta (Naples) built c. 20 BC by Agrippa; the main line supplied several other large towns, and finally the naval base at Misenum. The castellum in Pompeii is well preserved, and includes many details of the distribution network and its controls.
First century A.D.[link]
The excavated town offers a snapshot of Roman life in the 1st century, frozen at the moment it was buried on 24 August AD 79.[5] The forum, the baths, many houses, and some out-of-town villas like the Villa of the Mysteries remain well preserved.
Details of everyday life are preserved. For example, on the floor of one of the houses (Sirico's), a famous inscription Salve, lucru (Welcome, money), perhaps humorously intended, indicates a trading company owned by two partners, Sirico and Nummianus (but this could be a nickname, since nummus means coin, money). Other houses provide details concerning professions and categories, such as for the "laundry" workers (Fullones). Wine jars have been found bearing what is apparently the world's earliest known marketing pun (technically a blend), Vesuvinum (combining Vesuvius and the Latin for wine, vinum). Graffiti carved on the walls provides information on street Latin (Vulgar Latin, a different dialect from the literary or classical Latin).
In 89 BC, after the final occupation of the city by Roman General Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Pompeii was finally annexed to the Roman Republic. During this period, Pompeii underwent a vast process of infrastructural development, most of which was built during the Augustan period. These include an amphitheatre, a palaestra with a central natatorium or swimming pool, and an aqueduct that provided water for more than 25 street fountains, at least four public baths, and a large number of private houses (domūs) and businesses. The amphitheatre has been cited by modern scholars as a model of sophisticated design, particularly in the area of crowd control.[6]
The aqueduct branched out through three main pipes from the Castellum Aquae, where the waters were collected before being distributed to the city; in case of extreme drought, the water supply would first fail to reach the public baths (the least vital service), then private houses and businesses, and when there would be no water flow at all, the system would fail to supply the public fountains (the most vital service) in the streets of Pompeii. The pools in Pompeii were used mostly for decoration.
The large number of well-preserved frescoes provide information on everyday life and have been a major advance in art history of the ancient world, with the innovation of the Pompeian Styles (First/Second/Third Style). Some aspects of the culture were distinctly erotic, including phallic worship. A large collection of erotic votive objects and frescoes were found at Pompeii. Many were removed and kept until recently in a secret collection at the University of Naples.
At the time of the eruption, the town may have had some 20,000 inhabitants, and was located in an area in which Romans had their holiday villas. Prof. William Abbott explains, "At the time of the eruption, Pompeii had reached its high point in society as many Romans frequently visited Pompeii on vacations." It is the only ancient town of which the whole topographic structure is known precisely as it was, with no later modifications or additions. Due to the difficult terrain it was not distributed on a regular plan as most Roman towns but its streets are straight and laid out in a grid in the Roman tradition; they are laid with polygonal stones, and have houses and shops on both sides of the street. It followed its decumanus and its cardo, centered on the forum.
Besides the forum, many other services were found: the Macellum (great food market), the Pistrinum (mill), the Thermopolium (sort of bar that served cold and hot beverages), and cauponae (small restaurants). An amphitheatre and two theatres have been found, along with a palaestra or gymnasium. A hotel (of 1,000 square metres) was found a short distance from the town; it is now nicknamed the "Grand Hotel Murecine".
In 2002, another discovery at the mouth of the Sarno River near Sarno revealed that the port also was populated and that people lived in palafittes, within a system of channels that suggested a likeness to Venice to some scientists.
AD 62–79[link]
Main article: Mount Vesuvius#Foreshocks
The inhabitants of Pompeii had long been used to minor quaking (indeed, the writer Pliny the Younger wrote that earth tremors "were not particularly alarming because they are frequent in Campania"), but on 5 February 62,[7] there was a severe earthquake which did considerable damage around the bay and particularly to Pompeii. The earthquake, which took place on the afternoon of the 5th of February, is believed to have registered between about 5 and 6 on the Richter scale.[8]
On that day in Pompeii there were to be two sacrifices, as it was the anniversary of Augustus being named "Father of the Nation" and also a feast day to honour the guardian spirits of the city. Chaos followed the earthquake. Fires, caused by oil lamps that had fallen during the quake, added to the panic. Nearby cities of Herculaneum and Nuceria were also affected.[9]
Temples, houses, bridges, and roads were destroyed. It is believed that almost all buildings in the city of Pompeii were affected. In the days after the earthquake, anarchy ruled the city, where theft and starvation plagued the survivors. In the time between 62 and the eruption in 79, some rebuilding was done, but some of the damage had still not been repaired at the time of the eruption.[10] Although it is unknown how many, a considerable number of inhabitants moved to other cities within the Roman Empire while others remained and rebuilt.
An important field of current research concerns structures that were being restored at the time of the eruption (presumably damaged during the earthquake of 62). Some of the older, damaged, paintings could have been covered with newer ones, and modern instruments are being used to catch a glimpse of the long hidden frescoes. The probable reason why these structures were still being repaired around seventeen years after the earthquake was the increasing frequency of smaller quakes that led up to the eruption.
Eruption of Vesuvius[link]
Main article: Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79
By the 1st century AD, Pompeii was one of a number of towns located near the base of the volcano, Mount Vesuvius. The area had a substantial population which grew prosperous from the region's renowned agricultural fertility. Many of Pompeii's neighboring communities, most famously Herculaneum, also suffered damage or destruction during the 79 eruption. The eruption occurred on August 24, just one day after Vulcanalia, the festival of the Roman god of fire, including that from volcanoes.[11]
A multidisciplinary volcanological and bio-anthropological study of the eruption products and victims, merged with numerical simulations and experiments, indicate that at Vesuvius and surrounding towns heat was the main cause of death of people, previously believed to have died by ash suffocation. The results of the study, published in 2010, show that exposure to at least 250 °C hot surges at a distance of 10 kilometres from the vent was sufficient to cause instant death, even if people were sheltered within buildings.[12]
The people and buildings of Pompeii were covered in up to twelve different layers of tephra, in total 25 meters deep, which rained down for about 6 hours. Pliny the Younger provided a first-hand account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius from his position across the Bay of Naples at Misenum, in a version which was written 25 years after the event. His uncle, Pliny the Elder, with whom he had a close relationship, died while attempting to rescue stranded victims. As Admiral of the fleet, Pliny the Elder had ordered the ships of the Imperial Navy stationed at Misenum to cross the bay to assist evacuation attempts. Volcanologists have recognised the importance of Pliny the Younger's account of the eruption by calling similar events "Plinian".
The eruption was documented by contemporary historians and is generally accepted as having started on 24 August 79, relying on one version of the text of Pliny's letter. However the archeological excavations of Pompeii suggest that the city was buried about three months later.[13] This is supported by another version of the letter[14] which gives the date of the eruption as November 23.[15]
People buried in the ash appear to be wearing warmer clothing than the light summer clothes that would be expected in August. The fresh fruit and vegetables in the shops are typical of October, and conversely the summer fruit that would have been typical of August was already being sold in dried, or conserved form. Wine fermenting jars had been sealed over, and this would have happened around the end of October. Coins found in the purse of a woman buried in the ash include one which features a fifteenth imperatorial acclamation among the emperor's titles. This cannot have been minted before the second week of September. So far there is no definitive theory as to why there should be such an apparent discrepancy.[16]
Rediscovery[link]
After thick layers of ash covered the two towns, they were abandoned and eventually their names and locations were forgotten. The first time any part of them was unearthed was in 1599, when the digging of an underground channel to divert the river Sarno ran into ancient walls covered with paintings and inscriptions. The architect Domenico Fontana was called in and he unearthed a few more frescoes but then covered them over again, and nothing more came of the discovery. A wall inscription had mentioned a decurio Pompeii ("the town councillor of Pompeii") but that it indicated the name of an ancient Roman city hitherto unknown was missed.[17]
Fontana's act of covering over the paintings has been seen both as censorship – in view of the frequent sexual content of such paintings – and as a broad-minded act of preservation for later times as he would have known that paintings of the hedonistic kind which was later found in some Pompeian villas were not considered in good taste in the climate of the counter-reformation.[18]
Herculaneum was properly rediscovered in 1738 by workmen digging for the foundations of a summer palace for the King of Naples, Charles of Bourbon. Pompeii was rediscovered as the result of intentional excavations in 1748 by the Spanish military engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.[19] These towns have since been excavated to reveal many intact buildings and wall paintings. Charles of Bourbon took great interest in the findings even after becoming king of Spain because the display of antiquities reinforced the political and cultural power of Naples.[20]
Karl Weber directed the first real excavations;[21] he was followed in 1764 by military engineer Franscisco la Vega. Franscisco la Vega was succeeded by his brother, Pietro, in 1804.[22] During the French occupation Pietro worked with Christophe Saliceti.[23]
Giuseppe Fiorelli took charge of the excavations in 1860. During early excavations of the site, occasional voids in the ash layer had been found that contained human remains. It was Fiorelli who realized these were spaces left by the decomposed bodies and so devised the technique of injecting plaster into them to recreate the forms of Vesuvius's victims. This technique is still in use today, with a clear resin now used instead of plaster because it is more durable, and does not destroy the bones, allowing further analysis.[24][25][26]
Some have theorized that Fontana found some of the famous erotic frescoes and, due to the strict modesty prevalent during his time, reburied them in an attempt at archaeological censorship. This view is bolstered by reports of later excavators who felt that sites they were working on had already been visited and reburied. Even many recovered household items had a sexual theme. The ubiquity of such imagery and items indicates that the sexual mores of the ancient Roman culture of the time were much more liberal than most present-day cultures, although much of what is described as erotic imagery (e.g. over-sized phalluses) was in fact fertility imagery.
This clash of cultures led to an unknown number of discoveries being hidden away again. A wall fresco which depicted Priapus, the ancient god of sex and fertility, with his extremely enlarged penis, was covered with plaster, even the older reproduction below was locked away "out of prudishness" and opened only on request and only rediscovered in 1998 due to rainfall.[27]
In 1819, when King Francis I of Naples visited the Pompeii exhibition at the National Museum with his wife and daughter, he was so embarrassed by the erotic artwork that he decided to have it locked away in a secret cabinet, accessible only to "people of mature age and respected morals". Re-opened, closed, re-opened again and then closed again for nearly 100 years, it was briefly made accessible again at the end of the 1960s (the time of the sexual revolution) and was finally re-opened for viewing in 2000. Minors are still allowed entry to the once secret cabinet only in the presence of a guardian or with written permission.[28]
Prior to or shortly after the destruction of Pompeii, one graffitist had scribbled "Sodom and Gomorrah" onto a wall near the city's central crossroads.[29] Some Christians have since invoked the destruction of Pompeii as divine retribution.[30][31][32]
A large number of artifacts from Pompeii are preserved in the Naples National Archaeological Museum.
Tourism[link]
Pompeii has been a popular tourist destination for 250 years; it was on the Grand Tour. In 2008, it was attracting almost 2.6 million visitors per year, making it one of the most popular tourist sites in Italy.[33] It is part of a larger Vesuvius National Park and was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997. To combat problems associated with tourism, the governing body for Pompeii, the Soprintendenza Archaeological di Pompei have begun issuing new tickets that allow for tourists to also visit cities such as Herculaneum and Stabiae as well as the Villa Poppaea, to encourage visitors to see these sites and reduce pressure on Pompeii.
Pompeii is also a driving force behind the economy of the nearby town of Pompei. Many residents are employed in the tourism and hospitality business, serving as taxi or bus drivers, waiters or hotel operators. The ruins can be easily reached on foot from the Circumvesuviana train stop called Pompei Scavi, directly at the ancient site. There are also car parks nearby.
Excavations in the site have generally ceased due to the moratorium imposed by the superintendent of the site, Professor Pietro Giovanni Guzzo. Additionally, the site is generally less accessible to tourists, with less than a third of all buildings open in the 1960s being available for public viewing today. Nevertheless, the sections of the ancient city open to the public are extensive, and tourists can spend several days exploring the whole site.
In popular culture[link]
Main article: Pompeii in popular culture
Pompeii has been in pop culture significantly since rediscovery. Book I of the Cambridge Latin Course teaches Latin while telling the story of a Pompeii resident, Lucius Caecilius Iucundus, from the reign of Nero to that of Vespasian. The book ends when Mount Vesuvius erupts, and Caecilius and his household are killed. The books have a cult following and students have been known to attempt to track down Caecilius's house during visits to Pompeii.[34]
Pompeii was the setting for the British comedy television series Up Pompeii! and the movie of the series. Pompeii also featured in the second episode of the fourth season of revived BBC drama series Doctor Who, named "The Fires of Pompeii".[35]
In 1971, the rock band Pink Floyd recorded the live concert film Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii, performing six songs in the ancient Roman amphitheatre in the city. The audience consisted only of the film's production crew and some local children.
Conservation[link]
Main article: Conservation issues of Pompeii and Herculaneum
The objects buried beneath Pompeii were well-preserved for almost two thousand years. The lack of air and moisture allowed for the objects to remain underground with little to no deterioration, which meant that, once excavated, the site had a wealth of sources and evidence for analysis, giving detail into the lives of the Pompeiians. However, once exposed, Pompeii has been subject to both natural and man-made forces which have rapidly increased their rate of deterioration.
Weathering, erosion, light exposure, water damage, poor methods of excavation and reconstruction, introduced plants and animals, tourism, vandalism and theft have all damaged the site in some way. Two-thirds of the city has been excavated, but the remnants of the city are rapidly deteriorating.[36]
The concern for conservation has continually troubled archaeologists. The ancient city was included in the 1996 World Monuments Watch by the World Monuments Fund, and again in 1998 and in 2000. In 1996 the organization claimed that Pompeii "desperately need[ed] repair" and called for the drafting of a general plan of restoration and interpretation.[37] The organization supported conservation at Pompeii with funding from American Express and the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.[38]
Today, funding is mostly directed into conservation of the site; however, due to the expanse of Pompeii and the scale of the problems, this is inadequate in halting the slow decay of the materials. An estimated $335 million is needed for all necessary work on Pompeii.[citation needed]
House of the Gladiators collapse[link]
The 2,000-year-old Schola Armatorum (House of the Gladiators) collapsed on 6 November 2010. The structure was not open to visitors, but the outside was visible to tourists. There was no immediate determination as to what caused the building to collapse, although reports suggested water infiltration following heavy rains might have been responsible. There has been fierce controversy after the collapse, with accusations of neglect.[39][40]
Gallery[link]
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Small theatre. 80 BC.
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The Circumvesuviana stop at Pompeii.
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Cast of a dog that archaeologists believe was chained outside the House of Vesonius Primus, a Pompeiian fuller.
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Karl Briullov, The Last Day of Pompeii (1830–33).
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See also[link]
- Erotic art in Pompeii and Herculaneum
- Eumachia
- House of Julia Felix
- House of Loreius Tiburtinus
- House of Menander
- House of Sallust
- House of the Tragic Poet
- House of the Vettii
- Lupanar (Pompeii)
- Macellum of Pompeii
- Robert Rive, 1850s photographer of Pompeii
- Suburban Baths (Pompeii)
- Temple of Isis (Pompeii)
General:
Volcanic destruction:
- Armero tragedy; a city in Colombia that suffered a similar fate
- Mount Pelée/Saint-Pierre, Martinique (similar destructive eruption at Martinique in 1902)
- Plymouth, Montserrat, a city buried by volcanic ash from the Soufrière Hills volcano in the 1990s
- Joya de Cerén, known as the "Pompeii of the Americas"
Notes[link]
- ^ Dossier Musei 2008 – Touring Club Italiano[dead link]
- ^ T.Kraus, Pompeii and Herculaneum: The Living Cities of the Dead
- ^ Senatore, et al., 2004
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