🏛️ Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata – Pompeii – Forum
The civic and religious center of a Roman city frozen by volcanic ash in 79 AD
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Southwest corner of excavated Pompeii, southern Italy
- Dimensions: Approximately 157 by 38 meters rectangular plaza
- Eruption date: 24 August 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius
- UNESCO inscription: 1997
The Forum of Pompeii is a rectangular plaza in southern Italy that served as the civic, religious, economic ...