Tales from Italy, Alps, British Isles and FranceTue, 18 Jun 2024 15:14:28 +0000enhourly1http://wordpress.com//wp-content/uploads/2019/12/image-2.jpg?w=323232 /2024/06/15/naples-here-we-come/Sat, 15 Jun 2024 16:35:00 +0000/?p=33220img_1397palladio1234Vesuvius dominates the Bay of Naples - www.grand-tourist.comChef Antonino Cannavacciuolo is a subject for the model makers in his home town of Napoli!Vesuvius erupting in c. 1780 - the Grand Tourists flocked to see the nightly pyrotechnicsBay of Naples, showing Napoli, Paestum, Sorrento, AmalfiA relief map from 1963 showing Naples, Vesuvius and Pompeii - Amalfi Peninsula and Sorrento to the south.Chef Antonino Cannavacciuolo is a subject for the model makers in his home town of Napoli!Napoli, Pozzuoli and Campi FlegreiHerculaneum, Roman seaside town, buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD - superb archaeological site/2021/02/18/volcanoes-and-earthquakes-in-italy//2021/02/18/volcanoes-and-earthquakes-in-italy/#commentsThu, 18 Feb 2021 16:00:00 +0000/?p=23272/2021/02/18/volcanoes-and-earthquakes-in-italy/feed/4Mount Etna - from the south, superb photo by: Mark Wilson - Dept of Geology, College of Wooster, Ohio - thank you Markpalladio1234USGS - San Andreas FaultThe Grand Tourists were fascinated by volcanoes - the science of vulcanology was in it's infancy in the 18th centuryBay of Naples and Vesuvius - 18th century painting showing the Flegrian Fields smoking and burning.Vesuvius dominates the Bay of Naples, a vast brooding active volcano that has shaped the landscape of this whole areaThe barren crater of Vesuvius today - with the suburbs of Naples in the backgroundA relief map from 1963 showing Naples, Vesuvius and Pompeii - Amalfi Peninsula and Sorrento to the south.Vineyard on slopes of Mt EtnaA wine tasting on the slopes of Mt EtnaThe vineyard wine cellars - Mount EtnaA honey-maker offers a delicious range of honey on the slopes of Mt EtnaMount Etna Eruption - February, 2021Mount Etna - from the south, superb photo by: Mark Wilson - Dept of Geology, College of Wooster, Ohio - thank you MarkView of Vesuvius seen from Pompeii - Fitzwilliam Museum/2018/01/12/southern-italy-tour-2019//2018/01/12/southern-italy-tour-2019/#commentsFri, 12 Jan 2018 12:35:45 +0000/?p=13035/2018/01/12/southern-italy-tour-2019/feed/5Vesuvius dominates the Bay of Naples www.grand-tourist.compalladio1234Herculaneum - Panoramic view of the excavationsPizzeria Presidente, NapoliAmalfi and Nales - Italy