Italy: Pompeii
Visitors enter Pompeii through the large main square and linger there, only to find to their dismay that the far end of the city harbours even more spectacular sights, which they must pass by as they leave at closing time
Mt. Vesuvius stands over her long-ago victim
Abbreviated columns cast long shadows on the lumpy cobbled paths of residential Pompeii
Temples and grand buildings are reduced to isolated walls and more stone columns in Pompeii's mains square
The city itself is big. Pompeii is not an open-air museum, it's a bona-fide city-within-a-city. You can't wander through its streets in a few hours - as with any large town, you can count on needing a full day to see the entire place.
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