A coastal town below Vesuvius south of Naples, home to Villa Oplontis, the lavish seaside residence linked to Nero's wife Poppaea, its second-style frescoes and sixty-meter pool sealed by the same eruption that buried Pompeii.
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Villa Oplontis
The so-called Villa of Poppaea at Oplontis, known for its Roman wall painting, gardens and monumental pool.
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