Porta Ercolano one of main gates leading through Pompei’s ancient walls. Find tombs built between founding of the colony (80 B.C.) Destruction of town (79 A.D.)
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Gps Coordinates / 40.7522561,14.4799966
Pompei Roman Ruins VR Archeology Necropolis Of Porta Ercolano
QF2H+WX5 Pompei, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy
The gate was built by the Sullans following their conquest of Pompei in 80 BC, although this had been an access point through the city walls since the 3rd century BC.
Composed of three barrel arches, it opens onto the Roman road linking the city to nearby Herculaneum.
Gps Coordinates / 40.7520991,14.4802115
It now marks the route for tourists visiting Herculaneum and the Villa of the Mysteries, which both lie north-west of the historic site of Pompei.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 40.7522712 / Gps Link 40.7519595 / Gps Link 40.7522963
Gps Coordinates / 40.7522712,14.4797468 / 40.7519595,14.4800341 / 40.7522963,14.4796741
Passing through the gate on the left side, you can see marks in the walls where stones, launched by catapult, struck against them.
The large tomb here houses cremated bodies, placed in urns and interned in the tomb wall.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 40.7522558 / Gps Link 40.7522217 / Gps Link 40.752173 / Gps Link 40.7521299
Gps Coordinates / 40.7522558,14.4797911 / 40.7522217,14.4798946 / 40.752173,14.4799924 / 40.7521299,14.4800985
We also find monumental funeral buildings with seats for the relatives of the dead, such as that of Marcus Cerrinus Restitutus.
Dating from the 1st century BC, it is the largest and most noteworthy cemetery discovered in Pompei.
Gps Coordinates / 40.752222,14.4799197
Halfway along the road from Porta Ercolano to the Villa of the Mysteries lies the Necropolis.
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