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Herculaneum
Located in the shadow of
Mount Vesuvius
,
Herculaneum
(
Italian
:
Ercolano
) was an ancient
Roman
town destroyed by
volcanic
pyroclastic flows
in 79 AD. Its ruins are located in the commune of
Ercolano
,
Campania
, Italy.
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