Wonderful frescoes created in the second half of the 16th century by Andrea Semino and by Bernardo Castello for the powerful Genoese nobleman Giulio Spinola The frescoes represent stories about the life of Alexander the Great 📍Genoa, Palazzo Angelo Giovanni Spinola 📸 andrea_comisi 🎵Pompeii MMXXIII | Beautiful old libraries, castles and ancient architecture

Pompeii, Italy: A Snapshot of Life Frozen in Time 🕰️ In the year 79 AD, the mighty Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the Roman city of Pompeii under layers of ash and pumice. The catastrophe, which lasted for about 24 hours, was so intense that it left behind a hauntingly beautiful but tragic tableau of life and death. Among the most fascinating and poignant artifacts that have been unearthed at Pompeii are the plaster casts of human bodies. These casts were made by filling the cavities left by d