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'''Vesuvius''' is a currently dormant volcano famous for the destruction of the cities [[Herculaneum]] and [[Pompeii]].
'''Vesuvius''' is a currently dormant volcano in southern Italy, 4,203 ft (1,281 m) in height, overlooking the Bay of [[Naples]]. It is famous for the destruction of the [[Roman]] cities of [[Herculaneum]] and [[Pompeii]] in AD 79, but has erupted more than fifty times since, most recently in 1944.
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