Road and funicular railway on Mt. Vesuvius – Vintage Wall Art
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Road and funicular railway on Mt. Vesuvius. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Road and funicular railway on Mt. Vesuvius
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The Vesuvius funicular is the detail that sets this view apart: a cable railway climbing the volcano's flank so visitors could reach near the crater without a long hike. Italian engineers built the line in the late 19th century, and it became one of the great tourist attractions of the Bay of Naples, carrying sightseers up the slopes above Naples. Roads like the one shown here were the approach to that lift, and both were repeatedly rebuilt after eruptions and lava flows damaged them. The railway was later destroyed in the 1944 eruption, a reminder of how closely the mountain's activity shaped everything built on its slopes.
| Original scan | 3,504 × 2,656 px · prints to 12 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 06565u mt. vesuvius |
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