To come to Naples, you must go to Pompeii, which was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius in August 79 AD.
Place de Pompeii is surrounded by magnificent buildings that serve public life, such as important temples, municipal buildings, markets or trading places of various trades.
The average tourist just takes a picture in Pompeii, listens to the guide's explanation, and then gets on the bus and leaves. So by about 11 a.m., there were no more people in the square.
Pompeii Square
We want to continue deep into Pompeii.
The streets of Pompeii, whether wide or narrow, are paved with polygonal basalt rock blocks, which are very carefully stitched together. The streets are flanked by raised pavements with basalt or tuff trim stones between them and the middle part of the pavement. Some places have paved sidewalks with small stones, others are concrete or flattened dirt pavement, there is no uniform standard, even the road surface in front of adjacent houses is often different, and the owner obviously has the freedom to choose materials. The boundaries of property ownership are marked by boundary stones on the sidewalk.
Only on the main road was it wide enough for two horse-drawn carriages to cross each other. Elsewhere, motorists have to wait on the corner to let the opposite car pass first. The streets of the city seem to prohibit the passage of vehicles, vehicles with wheels can only be used to transport goods, and people who do not want to walk can only sit in palanquins.
In many parts along the street — especially on the corners — rectangular stepping stones with rounded corners were set up, at a moderate distance from each other and at the same height as the sidewalk. The number of stepping stones depends on the width of the street, with five at its widest.
When it rains heavily and the streets of Pompeii are full of water, those stepping stones are particularly useful.
I saw many taverns or taverns in Pompeii that resembled Italian cafes today – at lunchtime, they might buy a sandwich and some drinks there, while the Pompeii people had a glass of wine and traditional Italian flat bread. The Pompeians could not drink coffee, and it did not exist at that time. The Pompeians also ate outside the restaurant, as do today, sitting at a table that was placed along the wall, eating and observing what was happening in the crowds and the streets.
Pompeii has many similar pubs or restaurants
For us tourists, the most striking thing is the large hole in the counter table, in which there are large round jars, and beautiful waitresses or servants scoop out olives from one hole with a spoon, and scoop out wheat porridge or coarse oat paste made of wheat from another hole and put them on a plate to give to customers.
The third hole contained wine, and the servant filled a pan with wine and placed it on a small brazier at the bottom of the counter to heat the rear end to the customer.
Pompeii lunches are simple, mainly beans, boiled eggs, olives, sheep or goat milk cheese, onions, grilled meats, grilled fish and some figs.
Brothel at the intersection
Behind the Baths of Stabia there is a brothel, which is usually located at the intersection of two small streets in the more remote, i.e., vulgar and indecent areas. The brothel is divided into two floors, with five ordinary rooms on the first floor and five rooms on the upper floor, each with a balcony.
The entrance to the first floor is painted with a statue of Pulyapus, the god of double whipping, standing next to the fig tree with two huge yangs in his hands. Each room has a bed, and the walls are mostly painted white, which was renovated shortly before the volcanic eruption in 79 AD.
The walls of the room are painted with a very explicit erotic work of a man and a woman, in various forms, although the painting style is inferior and rough, but it is much fresher than the elegant sexual intercourse scene found in the private house of Pompeii.
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