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 region encompassing Monte Bursaccio, which was impacted by Vesuvius' eruption of 79 AD and both destroyed and preserved its better-known neighbors, Pompeii and Herculaneum, is famous for the frescoes discovered in its aristocratic villas prior to World War I.