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Villa dei Misteri

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Villa dei Misteri
Villa dei Misteri
Villa dei Misteri
Villa dei Misteri
Villa dei Misteri
Villa dei Misteri
Villa dei Misteri
Villa dei Misteri
Villa dei Misteri
Villa dei Misteri
Villa dei Misteri
Villa dei Misteri
Villa dei Misteri
Villa dei Misteri
Villa dei Misteri
Villa dei Misteri
Villa dei Misteri
Villa dei Misteri
Villa dei Misteri
Villa dei Misteri
Villa dei Misteri
Villa dei Misteri
Villa dei Misteri
Villa dei Misteri
Villa dei Misteri
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Hours:
Sunday9am - 7:30pm
Monday9am - 7:30pm
Tuesday9am - 7:30pm
Wednesday9am - 7:30pm
Thursday9am - 7:30pm
Friday9am - 7:30pm
Saturday9am - 7:30pm


The Villa of the Mysteries is a well-preserved suburban Roman villa on the outskirts of Pompeii, southern Italy, famous for the series of frescos in one room, which are usually thought to show the initiation of a young woman into a Greco-Roman mystery cult. These are now probably the best known of the relatively rare survivals of Ancient Roman painting. Like the rest of the Roman city of Pompeii, the villa was buried in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 and excavated from 1909 onwards . It is now a popular part of tourist visits to Pompeii, and forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site at Pompeii.
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