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Just
outside the ruins,
signs tell you where you can
go and ...
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lots of little shops sell
everything from magazines
to Italian lemons to
antiquities of the finest
replicas from Pompeii.
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Ruby
sat down and read the
"How to Visit Pompeii" guide
and was better than any
tour guide..it was as if she
had been at Pompeii before.
This girl had it down
that day!
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Visitors
enter through the
Porta Marina; perhaps the
most famous of the gates of
the city, so called because it
faces the sea. Composed
of two openings, covered by
a single vault; one for
pedestrians and the other,
larger, for animals
and vehicles.
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Part
of the exterior wall
near the Porta Marina.
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The
main "Entrance" sign
just after you pay the
entrance fee. In the rear
you see the exterior walls
of Pompeii.
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The
view to the side as
we walked across the
archway that led through
gates into the city.
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Another
side entrance,
with what I believe is the
main entrance beyond....
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The
Temple of Apollo
Built in the 3rd century BC,
it is formed of 48 Ionic
columns, which were changed into Corinthian
columns durings Nero's age.
Further
Description
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On
a high platform is the
cella, the most sacred part
of the temple, also
surrounded by 30 columns.
There were several deities
in this temple, among them
Apollo while shooting an
arrow and opposite him,
Diana the huntress. It is
probable that Mercury
was worshipped here
as well.
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The
bronze statue of Apollo
in the Temple of Apollo
and Diana (copy).
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