Mount Vesuvius
A volcano on the Gulf of Naples, about 9 kilometres east of the city, its cone partly ringed by the rim of an older and much higher mountain. A path climbs to the edge of the crater, with the whole bay spread out below.
- Where
- Naples, Campania, Italy
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 40.8226, 14.4292
Get the Mount Vesuvius stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Mount Vesuvius. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Campania volume with your photos and a note.
Near Mount Vesuvius
Herculaneum 7.1 km
A Roman seaside town in modern Ercolano, buried by Vesuvius in 79 AD under deep volcanic deposits. Because of that, wooden beams, furniture and upper floors survived here that were lost at Pompeii, so the site is smaller but often better preserved.
Villa of the Mysteries 8.7 km
A Roman villa on the edge of Pompeii, known for the frescoes of one room painted in the 1st century BC. The figures, on a deep red ground, are usually read as a bride's initiation into a mystery cult, and are among the finest Roman paintings to survive.
Pompeii 9.5 km
A Roman city buried under ash and pumice by Vesuvius in 79 AD and slowly uncovered since the 18th century. Its streets, houses, bakeries, baths and painted walls show ordinary Roman life more fully than almost anywhere else.
Cappella Sansevero 15 km
A family chapel in the historic centre of Naples, properly the Chapel of Santa Maria della Pietà, filled with Rococo art by leading 18th-century artists. At its centre lies Giuseppe Sanmartino's Veiled Christ, a marble figure under a shroud so fine it looks like cloth.
Castel dell'Ovo 15 km
A seafront castle on the old island of Megaride, now joined to the shore, on the Gulf of Naples. Its name, the Egg Castle, comes from a medieval legend that the poet Virgil set a magic egg in its foundations, and that the city's luck rests on it staying whole.
Naples National Archaeological Museum 15 km
One of Italy's great archaeological museums, holding Greek, Roman and Renaissance works and above all finds from Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiae. Mosaics, frescoes and statues from the buried towns fill its rooms, among them the Alexander Mosaic from the House of the Faun.
Positano 22 km
A town on the Amalfi Coast whose houses, painted in pinks and yellows, tumble down a steep hillside to a small beach. Steps and lanes take the place of streets in much of it, and boats leave from the shore for Amalfi and Capri.
Villa Rufolo 25 km
A villa in the historic centre of Ravello, laid out in the 13th century and remodelled in the 19th, facing the cathedral square. Its terraced gardens hang high above the Amalfi Coast, and Richard Wagner drew on them for a scene in Parsifal.
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Questions
Where is Mount Vesuvius?
Mount Vesuvius is in Naples, Campania, Italy. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Herculaneum (7.1 km), Villa of the Mysteries (8.7 km), Pompeii (9.5 km).
How do I get the Mount Vesuvius stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Mount Vesuvius and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Campania volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Mount Vesuvius before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Campania volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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