La Terrazza di M. Nonio Balbo

Well preserved terrace

Well preserved terrace that would have gone almost right to the edge of the ancient sea level, Would have been a great view.

Imagine what this place must have been like before the tragedy.

Imagine what this place must have been like before the tragedy. Instead of a wall of volcanic deposits stratified for tens of meters, it must have faced the open sea. Suburban terrace, therefore outsi...

Small but fine

In teh center of town you can find a nice place, with small sume of tourists, very clean , worth to visit, take the tour early in the morning, maybe I miss only some more tabeles with information ab...

To think that this was buried under mud and then discovered by accident

Not totally destroyed and lost by the eruption of Vesuvius. Preserved in the volcanic muds that enveloped the city.

Terrace named after Roman Senator

This part of Herculaneum is the Terrace of Marcus Nonius Balbus, named in honour of the eponymous Roman senator who was a supporter of the future Augustus, Octavian. The terrace is a viewpoint of the ...