The Campi Flegrei (Phlegraean Fields) is a massive volcanic area located near Naples. This supervolcano is one of the most ...

Pompeii: Inside a Lost City at the National Museum of Australia depicts life in the flourishing Roman city of Pompeii before ...

One eruption thought to be responsible for the global cooling event from 1831 to 1833 was attributed to Babuyan Claro in the ...

Although Europe is not famous for its large number of active volcanoes, it boasts several impressive mountains of volcanic ...

A Neopolitan once told me they look death in the eye every day. They were, of course, referring to Mount Vesuvius, the ancient, still active volcano that looms ominously over the charming yet ...

The volcano erupted so violently that it froze the globe's climate with immeasurable damage - Yet the location of the volcano ...

The southern Italian city has become fashionable for tourists, models and actors in a social media age. Yet it remains ...

For a comprehensive look at the effects of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius—and to lessen the crowds at Pompeii itself—visitors ...

19, the feast day of the saint; on Dec. 16, the anniversary of his intervention to prevent the effects of an eruption of the Mount Vesuvius volcano in 1631; and on the Saturday before the first ...

Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano left on Europe's mainland, while Pompeii, which fell victim to one of Mount Vesuvius' eruptions in A.D. 79, is a UNESCO World Heritage city that was ...