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Herculaneum (Herculano Scavi, Ercolano)
(July 2018)
The Address is Parque Arqueológico de Herculano, Corso Resina, 187, 80056 Ercolano NA, Italy | |||
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Official Web page: Ercolano Archaeological Park (Parco Archeologico di Erconalo). There is a walk of almost 600m from the train station to the entrance gate. From the gate it takes another 200m to the "Biglietteria del parco archeologico di Ercolano" (The Ticket Office). That's in total approx. half a mile. The walk from the gate to the ticket office a panoramic view at the excavated city lying below. Herculaneum was buried much deeper than Pompeii, and a city of Ercolano grew atop of it. Some excavations cannot proceed because of modern day houses standing atop of the buried Herculaneum. The shoreline moved westward significantly, and so the Roman boat houses with skeletons of the victims are now a part of the excavated city, over 400m away from the present day shoreline. |
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In a retrospective, we both found Herculaneum more impressive than Pompeii. One more place to visit
nearby is the Villa dei Papiri, which John Paul Getty recreated in Malibu, California.
We planed to return for it another day, but it turned different.
It is so much to see in Herculaneum, that the selection of images is very arbitrary. One popular way to arrive at the "Parco Archeologico di Ercolano" is via the Circumvesuviana Train, a narrow gauge local train. One of a kind experience, jam packed, covered by graffiti, loud. Expect local music performers serenading you and collecting gratuity... The train commutes between Naples and Sorrento, with stops at Pompeii and Ercolano (Herculaneum). Very affordable. From the (quite dilapidated) Ercolano Station is a 600m walk via the Via IV Novembre to the Herculaneum Entrance Gate. Wikipedia Herculaneum, in 65 languages. Wikipedia Circumvesuviana. | |||
 N2062 Ercolano Station |
 N2063 Ercolano, Surroundigs |
 N2064 Captured for Lunch! |
 N2065 Dancing Waitress of Ercolano |
 N2066 Walking Via 4th Novembre |
 N2067 Via 4th Novembre |
 N2068 Troubled Town |
 N2071 Troubled Town |
 N2072 Museum |
 N2075 The gate to Herculaneum |
 N2076 Main Entrance to Herculaneum |
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 N2077 Alley toward the Ticket Office |
 N2080 Herculaneum |
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 N2082 Path to the Ticket office, 200m approx. |
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 N2087 Multi Story Buildings |
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 N2088 Herculaneum |
 N2090 Exhibit at the Ticket Office |
 N2092 Exhibit at the Ticket Office |
 N2093 Exhibit at the Ticket Office |
 P1120779 Ercolano over Herculaneum |
 N2095 Boathouses, former shoreline |
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 N2096 Funerary statue of Marcus Nonius Balbus |
 N2097 Funerary statue of Marcus Nonius Balbus |
 N2098 Ercolano over Herculaneum |
 N2305 Roman Table |
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 N2100 Bridge to Herculaneum proper |
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 N2102 Former shoreline: Right bottom. |
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 N2106 Behind the columns up: Erconalo town. |
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 N2108 Graffiti dated 1867 |
 N2109 Ongoing restoration work |
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 N2112 Ancient Artwork |
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 N2115 Mosaic of a Man with a Goat |
 N2118 A shrine? |
 N2119 A shrine? |
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 N2121 Original Wooden Beam |
 N2139 Funerary statue of Marcus Nonius Balbus |
 N2140 Marcus Nonius Balbus |
 N2141 Marcus Nonius Balbus |
 P1120797 Funerary statue of Marcus Nonius Balbus |
 N2142 Long incription for Marcus Nonius Balbus |
 N2143 Funerary statue of Marcus Nonius Balbus |
 P1120803 Ancient Gods |
 N2152 Volcano? |
 N2154 Nettuno (Neptune)? |
 N2155 Mercurio |
 N2156 Minerva? |
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 N2179 Very... provocative? |
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 N2182 Casa dei Cervi |
 N2188 Casa del Rilievo di Telefo |
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 N2169 Casa del Rilievo di Telefo |
 N2193 Rilievo di Telefo |
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 N2200 Roman Kitchen |
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 P1120818 Ercolano atop... |
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 N2226 Augustales Hall |
 N2234 Explaining Cult of Augustales |
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 N2262 Roman Bath |
 N2268 Roman Bath |
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 N2287 Petrified Wood |
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 N2300 Crossing back to enter the tunnel |
 N2123 Former Waterfront |
 N2304 Grimm Content of the Boathouses |
 N2124 Tunnel to Boathouses |
 N2125 Tunnel to Boathouses |
 P1120783 Former Waterfront |
 P1120784 Victims |
 P1120787 Victims |
 P1120788 Victims |
 P1120790 Victims |
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 N2138 Victims |
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