European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                T i % i a View of mount Vesuvius  mount Somma a from Naples near the Margellina of  >4. A a 1 a a. ,0\. , it pcs a s s s n so Quot. A As r a. A 1 i Vav a a  in a a a Quot. Quot v a y a Quot a. A x Quot Al v a a Oso it s a a a a. �?�1 a. A Vas a it a 4 y i .�ws3fe amp a amp amp in amp a �s�&��3&a� s3&3& Sfirri we amp 5? j  for a amps Katherine Lawai amount Vesuvius a a is Irvi it v.1<v> .is4?<.s<.six a Volcano entertains tourists fascinates historian by Katherine Lawson the residents of ancient Pompeii  Herculaneum thought their neighbouring Mountain was harmless. Then in August of . 79, the Mountain exploded. Once it had buried Pompeii  Herculaneum mount Vesuvius sealed its place in history., Quot a Many a calamity has happened in the world Quot German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote More than 2q0 years ago Quot but never has one caused so much entertainment for posterity As this . While the ruins continue to draw Clouds by offering a Archa Olgica snapshot of life during the roman Empire the Volcano itself also holds a fascination. Visitors who a. Hike up the Slippery path to its Crater May. Be drawn by. Vesuvius awesome Power or by the Awe inspiring View from its Summit. Vesuvius the Only Active Volcano on the european. Continent has been displaying its Power regularly since the Day it buried Pompeii. Some towns have been destroyed More than once. A 1631 eruption left nearly. 18,000 dead. Minor eruptions were almost constant in. The late 1800s,  a 1906 explosion blew the ring off a the Crater.  major eruption in 1944 not Only devastated the already War torn area but sealed the main fissure. Ending Vesuvius picturesque plume of smoke. Even without the plume of smoke Vesuvius  its smaller twin mount Somma created a continual backdrop to Naples. The looming Volcano has shaped the character of the landscape  some say the character 8 stripes Magazine july 7, 1904