#stabia

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Villa San Marco. Stabia

© Pompeii - Parco Archeologico

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: • DIANA & ACTEON: Stucco and Fresco 1 AD. From Villa San Marco in Stabiae http://pompeiisites.org/en/stabiae . Exhibited [2022] in Palestra Grande, Regio II, Pompeii Archaeological Park | PAP @pompeii_parco_archeologico http://pompeiisites.org . PAP | Phs©msp | 10|22 5800X4100 600 [i.,ii.] The photographed object is the property of PAP and subject to the Museum copyright. [no commercial use | sorry for the watermarks] . 📸 Part of the "Mythology-inspired Small Format Sculpture & Miniature Artefacts" MSP Online Photo-gallery: . • D-ART: https://www.deviantart.com/svetbird1234/gallery/69450077/small-format-sculpture-and-miniature-artifacts . • FB | Album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.859777984390780&type=3 . . #pompeii #pompei #pompeiscavi #archaeologicalpark #parcoarcheologico #stabiae #stabia #excavations #palestragrande #archaeologicalmuseum #archaeology #archeologia #ancientpompeii #arthistory #heritage #museology #mythology #ancient #archaeologyart #ancientart #fresco #frescoes #stucco #relief #diana #goddess #goddessdiana #museumphotography #archaeologyphotography #michaelsvetbird ©msp @michael_svetbird | @pompeii_parco_archeologico 10|22 (at Pompeii - Parco Archeologico) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm1tAW1IveJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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ARCHEOLOGIA / Full immersion nella storia: ecco la "Grande Pompei", un parco diffuso per visitare la città vesuviana, Boscoreale, Oplontis e Stabia

Tutte le aree archeologiche saranno collegate con una navetta gratuita e visitabili con un unico biglietto valido 3 giorni. Riaprono anche le ville di Stabia e l'Antiquarium di Boscoreale.

Tutte le aree archeologiche saranno collegate con una navetta gratuita e visitabili con un unico biglietto valido 3 giorni. Riaprono anche le ville di Stabia e l’Antiquarium di Boscoreale. Ed eccola, finalmente, la Grande Pompei. Un parco diffuso di cui fanno parte le aree archeologiche di Pompei, Boscoreale, Oplontis e Stabia e tutto il territorio circostante.  Un unico biglietto, valido per…

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Villa San Marco, il racconto

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Un #paesaggio 🏔 è uno stato #d'animo Il #Vesuvio visto da #Castellamare di #Stabia ( Na) 📸 Carmine Angiò 📸 Rete #Meteo Amatori - la meteo per #passione #weather #landascape #landscapelovers #picoftheday #photography #nature #naturephotography #fotografia #followme #beautiful #retemeteoamatori (presso Napoli, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdY6CiTrull/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Luigi Nono (Italian, 1850-1918)

Castellammare di Stabia

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The apse at Vila San Marco, Castellammare di Stabia.

I had always heard about the Roman fondness for apsidal rooms - this is the only example I have seen in real life. 

The bottom picture shows the window of the apse on the right; this is the ‘courtyard’ it looks out onto - though this was surely only a lightwell, not a functional space. The windows on the left are a long hallway.

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Top: Mosaic of the street musicians, from the so-called Villa of Cicero, located outside Herculaneum.

Bottom: Fresco of the same scene, from a villa in Stabiae, several kilometres to the south.

It is believed that both are copies of some previous Greek artwork.

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The Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius

The Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE remains one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. Not only did the volcano destroy the economically powerful city of Pompeii, but Herculaneum, Oplontis, Stabiae were also buried and thus lost to the Roman Empire. The number of victims is unknown, but given the size of the four cities, estimates have reached over 18,000 individuals.  

Today only one first-hand account of this horrific event survives in two letters from Pliny the Younger to the Roman historian Tacitus. They are preserved as letters 6.16 and 6.20 in the collected Epistles of Pliny. Among our holdings of the works of Pliny is this 3-volume set of the Epistles with William Melmoth’s 18th-century translation edited by Clifford Herschel Moore, and printed by the Harvard University Press in an edition of 405 copies for members of The Bibliophile Society, Boston, in 1925.

While the term ‘volcanic eruption’ evokes scenes of lava and fire, the reality is much more frightening. Curiously, there is no word for volcano in the Latin language. While ancient Romans were aware of the destructive power of volcanoes, there’s some debate about whether they were aware that Vesuvius was a volcano before its eruption. Signs of the eruption began back in 62CE with a great earthquake that caused much of the city to collapse. Smaller earthquakes continued over the next 15 years until one was accompanied by the rise of a column of smoke from Mt. Vesuvius in October 79 CE. 

The hot gases that made up the column of smoke began to cool, darkening the sky, and not long after a rain of pumice began to fall, and after 15 hours ceilings began to collapse. Nevertheless, many residents chose to take shelter rather than flee. At 4am the first 500C pyroclastic surge barred down the volcano, burying Herculaneum. Six more of these surges occurred before the end of the eruption, destroying Pompeii, Oplontis, and Stabiae. 

The 17-year old Pliny was in the port town of Misenum across the Bay of Naples from the volcano at the time. Pliny’s uncle, Pliny the Elder, commander of the Roman fleet at Misenum, launched a rescue mission and went himself to the rescue of a personal friend. The elder Pliny did not survive the attempt. In Pliny the Younger’s first letter to Tacitus, he relates what he could discover from witnesses of his uncle's experiences. In a second letter, he details his own observations after the departure of his uncle.

Mt. Vesuvius is still active and according to volcanologists, erupts about every 2000 years, which would be right about now. Who will be our next Pliny the Younger?

Our copy of The Epistles of Pliny is another gift from our friend and benefactor Jerry Buff.

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– LauraJean, Special Collections Undergraduate Classics Intern

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Twin-flamed lamp with bat-shaped reflector; bronze, Roman | Found in the Villa Arianna in Stabiae, south of Pompeii | On display in the Capitoline Museum, from the MANN collections.

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Ancient Roman villa known as Villa San Marco, buried by Vesuvius eruption.

Castellammare di Stabia. Campania Italy.

Photographer: Sergey Sosnovskiy  (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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: • ARTEMIS or APHRODITE Fresco: My take on this famous mural painting from Stabiae [near Pompeii], Ariadne's Villa, 1-45 AD. Approx h37cm X w27cm . "Artemis or Aphrodite, for her long dress, with the bow of Eros." [©MANN] . Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli | MANN @museoarcheologiconapoli . MANN | Phs©MSP | 10|22 4840X3580 600 [i.] The photographed object is the property of MANN and subject to the Museum copyright. All labels & descriptions txt ©MANN. https://mann-napoli.it/en/home-english [no commercial use | sorry for the watermarks] . • Part of the 'MANN.Selected' MSP Online Gallery: . • D-ART: https://www.deviantart.com/svetbird1234/gallery/76957935/mann-selected . • FB Album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1329554957413078&type=3 . . #naples #napoli #mann #archaeologicalmuseum #museoarcheologico #ancientart #stabiae #ancientrome #ancient #fresco #mural #frescoes #antiquity #archaeology #arthistory #museology #mythology #artemis #άρτεμις #artemide #artemida #aphrodite #αφροδιτη #aphrodita #afrodita #goddess #archaeologylovers #archaeologyphotography #museumphotography #michaelsvetbird ©msp @michael_svetbird 10|22 mann @museoarcheologiconapoli (at Museo Archeologico di Napoli) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck8DGQOIpUK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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ARCHEOLOGIA / Stabia, dai nuovi scavi di Villa San Marco il “racconto” delle dinamiche dell’eruzione vesuviana del 79 d.C. [FOTO]

#ARCHEOLOGIA / #Stabia, dai nuovi scavi di Villa San Marco il “racconto” delle dinamiche dell’#eruzione vesuviana del 79 d.C. [#FOTO] Lo scavo rivela architetture e pitture di qualità straordinaria, riflesso del lusso e della raffinatezza della città

Frammenti della decorazione del peristilio (portico colonnato) superiore 2. Foto: ©Parco Archeologico Pompei A Stabia, l’antica città vicino a Pompei divenuta alla fine del I secolo a.C. un luogo di villeggiatura dell’élite romana, proseguono gli scavi. Qui, ancora oggi, sono presenti preziose testimonianze di architetture e pitture di straordinaria qualità, tra cui Villa San Marco. Si tratta di…

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Cultura e spettacolo con Campania By Night

Cultura e spettacolo con Campania By Night

Il Parco Archeologico di Pompei, l’Abbazia del Goleto, Stabia e Oplontis: la rassegna di Scabec Campania By Night illumina alcuni dei luoghi culturali più suggestivi Un weekend all’insegna della cultura e dello spettacolo: da venerdì 7 a domenica 9 ottobre l’edizione 2022 di Campania By Night fa il suo ingresso in alcuni tra i luoghi della cultura più suggestivi del territorio campano con musica,…

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The Castle of Castellammare di Stabia with Fuming Vesuvius

by Johann Rudolf Bühlmann