This description is about the famous Mount Vesuvius located in Italy. Mount Vesuvius is an active volcano that is best known for its eruption in 79 AD that destroyed the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. It is the only volcano on the European mainland to have erupted within
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Mount Vesuvius is a somma–stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy, about 9 km (5.6 mi) east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. It is one of several volcanoes forming the Campanian volcanic arc. Vesuvius consists of a large cone partially encircled by the steep rim of a summit caldera, resulting from the collapse of an earlier, much higher structure.