Mount Vesuvio (around 1270 m high), glimmering above the bay of Naples, is the only remaining active volcano on the European continent. In 79AD, a tremendous eruption caught the citizens of Pompeii completely unawares. Since then, several eruptions have changed the shape of Vesuvio. The last great eruption was recorded on 20 March 1944. Mineral-rich lava made the mountainside soil very fertile so that, despite the threat of the next big bang, the slopes of Vesuvio are tilled for vegetables and wine grapes.
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