The neighbourhood of Monte Bursaccio which was overcome by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD that obliterated and preserved its better-known neighbours, Pompeii and Herculaneum, is famous for the frescoes of its aristocratic villas, excavated before World War I.
The locale surrounding Monte Bursaccio, which was influenced by Vesuvius' eruption of 79 AD and both obliterated and safeguarded its better-known counterparts, Pompeii and Herculaneum, is celebrated for the frescoes in its aristocratic residences before World War I.