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What fascinates and makes Pompeii, from the standpoint of historical and artistic heritage, a unique place in the world and 'the ability to reconstruct, step by step, through the streets paved with basalt lava, the daily lives of inhabitants of a city 'that a catastrophic event like the eruption of Vesuvius has made him immortal. The heart of city life, the center of all activities' economic, trade and policies and the meeting point par excellence, the "square" of Pompeii, was the Forum. In this vast space, surrounded by a double colonnade and adorned with statues of bronze and marble, of which only the pedestals were located all major public buildings. From the Basilica where justice was administered, the headquarters of diumviri; of settlers and builders, who ruled the city ', intended to Comitium the vote of the judges, italics in the Temple of Jupiter along with that of Apollo and the many other religious buildings dedicated to different deities 'scattered in the city', testified for the cult religion of Pompeii, which also enriched their homes with altars, called lararia. But this large open space of 38 square meters x 142 was also the place dedicated to the trade. In MaceUum, covered market built in aged 'imperial, were found kernels of fruits, cereals and fish bones,' cause here they were selling the products of the earth, so 'as meat and vegetables. Agriculture in fact, thanks to fertile land, prosperous: the Harti Pompeii were famous for their vegetables, vines, olives, honey and spelled a variety 'of durum wheat that allowed two crops a year. The building Eumachia priestess of Venus, home of the guild of fullers (washers, dyers and makers of clothes), was intended for sale at auction of wool, clothing and other articles of clothing. The business address of the economy was accentuated pompoiana 'after the earthquake of 62 AD Abundance Along the way, one of which crossed the city decumani 'from east to west, there were several thermapolia Asellina such as, for serving hot drinks and cold, the cauporioe taverns and inns, such as the dyeing of uUorliche Stofa impiuvium of where to collect water, had been transformed into a bathtub to wash the clothes which were then pressed with your feet by the workers and bleached with urine. Even a grand house like that of Julia Felix was in part intended to taverns and shops. Besides the bakery, where the conical grinding stones to produce flour and bread were driven by slaves or mules, with resales of garum the delicious sauce made with dried fish, moray eels, tuna and mackerel, were scattered throughout the city 'the shops of artisans iron, ceramics, and goldsmiths. Each Pompeii, according to his ability ', trying to carve out a little' room for otium. In the most 'popular in the city' stood the Baths: those of the Forum, the Central and Stabian, important in the daily life of the city '. These buildings, divided into sections for men and women, included the caldarium (hot bath), tepidarium (warm bath), and firigidarium (cold bath) and, in the vaulted rooms full of stucohi, we proceeded to massages and beauty treatments . The care of the body was completed in gyms where you carry on the activities' sports such as, for example, in the grand palace of the imperial era of the Great Gym: large casts of roots, confirming the existence of the plane trees that shaded the entire area. The plays were a missed opportunity. In the Large Theatre (200-150 BC), with a capacity of 5000 spectators, of which there are a few steps of the auditorium and stage with niches and shrines, is represented classical plays, comedies or tragedies, whereas in the small theater eoperto, after eostruito 1'80 BC, whose steps and 'fully maintained and accommodated 1000 spectators, took place the musical auditions and performances of mimes. In the grand amphitheater of elliptical shape, by 80 BC, an eon eapienza than 12000 people, took place much followed the games between gladiators. But it 'private homes that Pompeian concentrated their taste for architecture, gardens, frescos. The type most 'easy-era Italic (see IV and III. BC), with the atrium, the roof with compiavium to gather the water into the basin below the impluvium, the cubicula or rooms housing and tablirlum, place meeting the family down the hall, and behind the hartus, you pass over the years, most buildings' complex in which multiply the atria, and the peristyle gardens and are part of the warm colors and decorations brilliant, like the famous Pompeian red, with mythological, heroic, religious, erotic or fantasy. Admirable examples are the frescoes in the House of Vettii, among which the Cupids documenting the various activities' craft, from the beautiful Venus in the shell of the House of Venus or the mysterious cycle of frescoes of the Villa of the Mysteries, dedicated to the cult of Dionysus, 3 m x 17, which is one of the most 'magnificent depictions of antiquity'. And then what about the art of bronze sculpture that has a famous example in the Dancing Faun House homonym, love for pottery and silverware well confirmed by the discovery of 115 pieces of silver in the House of Menander. In the gardens of Pompeii where loved dining on couches during the summer, the fountains abounded, such as those in polychrome mosaics of the House of the fountain, large and small, thanks to the ability 'to exploit the water, thanks to the lead pipes that supplied throughout the city 'and that caused many problems of toxicity' to Pompeii. The mosaics admirably completed the decoration of houses: the more 'simple earthenware pesto, black and white tiles in geometric motifs such as the Cave Canem of the House of the Tragic Poet, the real works of art with more' wide range of colors, such as the Battle of Issus found in the House of the Faun, and now the National Museum of Naples, which portrays Alexander the Great against Darius.

The municipal district of Pompei is in the region/district of Campania and it's in the province of Napoli. the postcode is 80045 and the code number is +39 081. Inhabitants are 25.751 and the surface is about 12 km², with a density of population about 2.075 people for km². Distance: from Rome 210 km, from Florence 428 km and from Venice 550 km.

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