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Lacryma Christi (Latin for ''Christ's tear'') or Lachryma Christi of Vesuvius is a Neapolitan type of wine produced on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius in Campania, Italy. White Lacryma Christi is made mainly from Verdeca and Coda di Volpe grapes, with smaller proportions of Falanghina , Caprettone [ 1 ] and Greco di Tufo included.
Grapes destined for DOC wines must be kept to a maximum yield of 16 tonnes/ha with the finished wine attaining a minimum alcohol level of 11%. Vesuvio DOC - Large DOC based in the volcanic soils around Mt. Vesuvius. The white wines are composed primarily of Coda di Volpe (35-80%) with Verdeca permitted up to 45% and Falanghina and Greco up to 20%.
Boscotrecase (Italian: [ˌbɔskotre(k)ˈkaːse,-aːze]; [3] [4] Neapolitan: Vuoscotreccase; "Three-House Grove") is a town and municipality of 9,790 inhabitants [2] in the metropolitan city of Naples in Campania, Italy. Before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, Boscotrecase was home to Roman villas, such as the Villa of Agrippa Postumus ...
The main cone of Vesuvius and the cliff of Monte Somma's caldera separated by the Inferno and Gigante valley. Vesuvius is a "humpbacked" peak, consisting of a large cone (Gran Cono) partially encircled by the steep rim of a summit caldera caused by the collapse of an earlier (and originally much higher) structure called Mount Somma. [18]
Female bust from the 1st century Boscoreale Treasure on display in the British Museum. [4]The neighbourhood of Monte Bursaccio which was overcome by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD that obliterated and preserved its better-known neighbours, Pompeii and Herculaneum, is famous for the frescoes of its aristocratic villas, excavated before World War I.
Grand Hotel Vesuvio. Naples, Italy ... head to this five-star seafront hotel with views of Mount Vesuvius. Erected in 1882, the Grand Hotel Vesuvio was alluring enough to attract members of the ...
A view of the ancient beach, with the skeletons of the fugitive victims of the eruption of Vesuvius in 79AD, open to the public for the first time. - Marco Cantile/LightRocket/Getty Images.
Based on the villa’s age and location, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that buried Pompeii would have been visible from the home, archaeologists said. Ruins of the 1,900-year-old villa in Miseno.