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Garden of the Fugitives

Monument · Pompei ·

Garden of the Fugitives

Monument · Pompei ·
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"Tucked toward the back of Pompeii, this former vineyard contains 13 plaster casts of people who didn't escape the eruption, forming a grotesque and agonizing tableau that is both deeply unsettling and powerfully illustrative of the city's final moments." - Matthew Kepnes

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Plaster casts of victims memorialize Pompeii's final, tragic day

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Vicolo dei Fuggiaschi, 80045 Pompei NA, Italy Get directions

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Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
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Plaster casts of victims memorialize Pompeii's final, tragic day

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Vicolo dei Fuggiaschi, 80045 Pompei NA, Italy Get directions

Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
Garden of the Fugitives by null
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