FORMA VRBIS POMPEIORVM In The Larario Dei Pompeianisti In The Scavi Di Pompei Editorial Photo

Pictured is the 1947 plan of Pompeii entitled the FORMA VRBIS POMPEIORVM. This plan is cut onto a slab of travertine 5m wide by 2.73m high and was completed in 1947. It was installed in the Larario dei Pompeianisti located between the Porta Marina and the Antiquarium when the Larario was opened in 1948. The archaeological excavations of Pompeii have returned the remains of the ancient city ​​of Pompeii , near the hill of Civita, buried under a blanket of ashes and lapilli during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79AD