In the province of Naples, on the slopes of Vesuvius Pompei covers an area of 12 sq km. with around 26,000 inhabitants. It 'a modern reality with its tourist facilities, hotels, campgrounds, restaurants, pizzerias, bars, pubs and several shops. It 'a cosmopolitan city, a major destination for tourism from Italy and abroad. Many of these tourists staying in the city not only the visit, but also use as a basis for their trips, and in many nearby tourist resorts, both within easy reach with your vehicle with public transport. In the recent past, Pompeii was twinned with the cities of Latiano in Puglia, Kjongiu (South Korea), Tarragona (Spain) and Xi'an (China). Pompeii rises to the rank of cities on January 9, 2004. The primary characteristic that makes it unique, is to enclose under one name two cities.

That ancient pagan buried from about six meters of ash and lapilli following an eruption of Vesuvius, which took place in August 79 AD where many were dead. In the sixteenth century was discovered almost by chance during the construction of an aqueduct and proof of this is placed a plaque near port Nocera. Thanks to a particular technique devised by Fiorelli, today we can see the positions in which the Pompeians perished during the eruption. He invented a method to get casts, leaching of liquid plaster into the void left by the now dissolved bodies, these casts, is a tragic testimony to the disaster. In addition, countless findings of frescoes, pottery, furniture and various tools help us to understand the habits and customs of ancient Pompeii, but one visit to archaeological site we could pass extraordinary emotions.

The new Pompeii, Christian, was born thanks to the Blessed Bartolo Longo. Pugliese lawyer of origin that in 1872 had the task by the Countess Marianna De Fusco to administer his property in the Valley of Pompeii. The appearance of Madonna Bartolo Longo pushed to build, among many difficulties and with little money, the Sanctuary, developing around it a city. One of the obstacles which he found was that place from some neighbouring countries, reluctant in divest a portion of its territory to be born the new reality "the new Pompeii." Unfortunately for the arrival of his death, October 5, 1926, Bartolo Longo was unable to attend the birth of the new municipalities that occurred on March 29, 1928, thanks to all'interessamento Brother Adriano who had the merit to continue, with tenacity, the project undertaken by Blessed.

Pompeii UNESCO World Heritage of Humanity

By decree of 1997 Pompeii was included among the sites that are considered World Heritage by UNESCO.

The Committee has decided to enter this area on the basis of criteria cultural Whereas the extraordinary finds in the city of Pompeii and neighbouring cities, buried dall'eruzione of Vesuvius in 79 d. C., constitute a complete and living testimony of society and daily life in a moment of the past and not found its equivalent anywhere in the world.