About 60 results for ‘Mount Vesuvius’
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Mount Vesuvius
Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano in the Gulf of Naples, Italy, about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. It is the only volcano on the European mainland to have erupted within the last hundred years, although it is not currently erupting. The two other major active volcanoes in Italy, Etna and Stromboli, are located on the islands of Sicily and Stromboli respectively. Mount Vesuvius is best known for its eruption in AD 79 that led to the burying and destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. They were never rebuilt, although surviving townspeople and probably looters did undertake extensive salvage work after the destructions. The towns' locations were eventually forgotten until their accidental rediscovery in the 18th century. The eruption also changed the course of the Sarno River and raised the sea beach, so that Pompeii was now neither on the river nor adjacent to the coast. Vesuvius itself underwent major changes – its slopes were denuded of vegetation and its summit changed considerably due to the force of the eruption. Vesuvius has erupted many times since and is today regarded as one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world because of the population of 3,000,000 people living nearby and its tendency towards explosive eruptions. It is the most densely populated volcanic region in the world.
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La sorcière Michaëlla
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- Field(s):
- Entertainment
- Ethnology
- Printing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Column
- Fire
- Magic (illusion)
- Mount Vesuvius
- Snake
- Temple
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- Date:
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Ernest Hébert
ISCHIA, LE PORT, AU LOIN, LE VESUVE
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Ischia
- Landscape
- Mount Vesuvius
- Port (disambiguation)
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- Date:
- 19th century
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
LE VESUVE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Landscape
- Littoral zone
- Mount Vesuvius
- Sailing ship
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- François Joseph Heim
Le Vésuve personnifié reçoit de Jupiter le feu qui doit c...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Cloud
- Divinity
- Jupiter (mythology)
- Lightning
- Mount Vesuvius
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Achille Etna Michallon
ERUPTION DU VESUVE, LA NUIT
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Landscape
- Mount Vesuvius
- Night
- Volcano
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Achille Etna Michallon
VUE DE NAPLES, PRISE DES HAUTEURS DU VESUVE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Landscape
- Mount Vesuvius
- Naples
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Cybèle protège contre le Vésuve les villes de Stabiae, He...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- City
- Cybele
- Mount Vesuvius
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes
LE VESUVE ET LE GOLFE DE NAPLES VUS DE LA MER
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Campania
- Landscape
- Mediterranean Sea
- Mount Vesuvius
- Volcano
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- Date:
- 18th century
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- François Joseph Heim
LE VESUVE PERSONNIFIE RECOIT DE JUPITER LE FEU QUI DOIT C...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Aeolus
- Allegory
- Cloud
- Jupiter (mythology)
- Minerva
- Mount Vesuvius
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- Date:
- 19th century
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EFFETS DE NUIT : CRATERE D'UN VOLCAN
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Italy
- Landscape
- Mount Vesuvius
- Night
- Volcano
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- Date:
- 19th century
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BAIE DE NAPLES
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bay
- City
- Landscape
- Mediterranean Sea
- Mount Vesuvius
- Naples
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jacques Raymond Brascassat
Vue prise à Sorrente
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Conversation
- Man
- Mandolin
- Mount Vesuvius
- Naples
- Oak
- …
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- Date:
- 19th century
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LE MOLE DE NAPLES
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- House
- Landscape
- Littoral zone
- Market
- Mount Vesuvius
- Naples
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- Date:
- 19th century
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ERUPTION DU VESUVE EN 1779
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Campania
- Landscape
- Mediterranean Sea
- Mount Vesuvius
- Night
- Volcano
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- Date:
- 18th century
- 19th century
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LE LENDEMAIN DU TREMBLEMENT DE TERRE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Child
- Dress
- Earthquake
- Landscape
- Mount Vesuvius
- Pain
- …
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- Date:
- 19th century
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ERUPTION DU VESUVE EN 1812
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Fishing
- Landscape
- Littoral zone
- Man
- Moonlight
- Mount Vesuvius
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Gustave Moreau
Le Vésuve. Naples
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Landscape
- Mount Vesuvius
- Naples
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Exposition du Palais Bourbon / au profit des Alsaciens-Lo...
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- Field(s):
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Child
- Dress
- Earthquake
- Mount Vesuvius
- Pain
- Tears
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Vue de Pompéi
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Boy
- Column
- Mount Vesuvius
- Ruins
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Eruption du Vésuve
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Italy
- Landscape
- Mount Vesuvius
- Volcano
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- Date:
- 18th century
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Vue du Vésuve en éruption : effet de nuit
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Architecture
- Italy
- Landscape
- Mount Vesuvius
- Night
- Tree
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- Date:
- 18th century
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