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The Bay of Naples and Vesuvius
Pictures by Photoglob Co. and Braun & Hogenberg
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Naples spreads along its blue bay beneath the pink slopes of Vesuvius in this hand-coloured photochrom from around 1895, with a 1572 Braun and Hogenberg map of the city inside. Vesuvius is the only active volcano on the European mainland, and it last erupted in 1944. For a traveler, or anyone who loves Italy.
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Naples · Photochrom / The Bay of Naples and Vesuvius / Photochrom, Photoglob Co., c. 1895 / Vesuvius sends up a plume of smoke above the city and the blue bay under a pink sky. It is the only active volcano on the European mainland, and it last erupted in 1944.
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