North of Ancient Rome are the districts of Corso and Spagna ... The grand structure is dedicated to Italy's first king, Victor Emmanuel II, but now houses the Museo Centrale del Risorgimento ...
In 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius erupted in southern Italy, burying the nearby Roman city of Pompeii in scalding stone and ash. The catastrophe famously entombed, and preserved, the city's villas, workshops, ...