Herculaneum

Herculaneum - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Herculaneum (; Neapolitan and ) was an ancient Roman town, located in the modern-day comune of Ercolano, Campania, Italy. Herculaneum was buried under volcanic ash and pumice in the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Read more on Wikipedia

type: ancient site
date from: 6th–7th century BC
official website: http://ercolano.beniculturali.it/
UNESCO World Heritage Site: 829

Source: en.wikipedia.org