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Wine anyone? by Julie Cotterill
Before the tidy-up by Julie Cotterill
Looking at recent photos it seems the streets have been "tidied up" but when I was there in 1987 this street looked quite untamed!
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Uploaded on Mar 14, 2010
Outside looking in by Julie Cotterill
This photos was taken from outside the walls of Pompeii in July 1987. I loved all the trees and vegetation in the foreground.
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Uploaded on Mar 14, 2010
Forum view by Julie Cotterill
A photo of the main forum taken in July 1987. Vesuvius is in the background.
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Uploaded on Mar 14, 2010
Training fields by Nerelle Fountaine
Training grounds by Nerelle Fountaine
Well near the vinyeards by Rita Dibert
Excavation continues, though slowly, at Pompeii.I despaired of my small tour group as she did at...
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Uploaded on Feb 1, 2010
The Quick and the Dead by Rita Dibert
This is not an actual mummified person but a museum creation. Yet it is a powerful statement of the...
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Uploaded on Feb 1, 2010
Saved Mural by Rita Dibert
Some items have been rescued and exist under protection.
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Uploaded on Feb 1, 2010
Sacred Symbol by Rita Dibert
Or something else a bit randier.But doen beautifully in carved stone.
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Uploaded on Feb 1, 2010
look out pt by Rita Dibert
It seems quite benign now,just puffs of steam here and there... but this is the source of all the destruction.
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Uploaded on Feb 1, 2010
Forever by Rita Dibert
Regretfully, it's a bit of ancient Latin to me...any translations gratefully accepted...
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Uploaded on Feb 1, 2010
Figurines, Vesuvius by Rita Dibert
It's a bit of a hike but worth the journey to hike up to the top of the still steaming volcano. You...
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Uploaded on Feb 1, 2010
Down a Street by Rita Dibert
As this was an actual town, you can get lost easily amongst all the small alley ways. However, striking murals assist in marking your journey
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Uploaded on Feb 1, 2010
Diana by Rita Dibert
Many murals exist almost entirely intact, though colours have faded over the centuries
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Uploaded on Feb 1, 2010
crazed wall by Rita Dibert
As beautiful as a painiting...unintentional over the ages
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Courtyard of the Departed by Rita Dibert
If you keep well apart from the tourgroups there is often an other worldly silence with just the birds and the ghosts
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Uploaded on Feb 1, 2010
Bakery Oven Pompeii by Rita Dibert
Much was constructed of stone and much of that remains though not always intact
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Uploaded on Feb 1, 2010
