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Article: ANCIENT POMPEII RICH IN NATURE.(Living)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- August 5, 1990
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Byline: Preston Turegano Copley News Service
In Pompeii, forests of grass, wispy wildflowers and skittish little lizards thrive amid the hard bleakness of boulders and stones that form the avenues and buildings of an ancient city slain by nature.
Wealthy, self-indulgent patricians once journeyed to Pompeii to escape the intrigues and congestion of ancient Rome.
Today, visitors to these Italian ruins are of the short-term variety - tour groups from Tokyo to Indianapolis. Most still come from Rome, but by bus or rail rather than chariot or litter.
The curious come to the southern end of the Bay of Naples to see what remains of a 36-acre ...