Pompeii

Pompeii is well worth two or three days of visiting. Beware though that, like virtually everything in Italy, its upkeep is terrible. The Italians are committing crimes against humanity with their neglect of some of the greatest architectural, historic, and artistic sites in the world.

One of the many plaster casts made of the volcano's victims.

House detail.

Roman plumbing. Lead pipe.

A younger victim.