Pompeii was a Roman city located near the modern city of Naples in southern Italy. It was destroyed by the eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE, but much of the site was preserved under the volcanic ash.
The Musée du Louvre, the world’s largest art museum, is located on the right bank of the river Seine in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. It is housed in the Louvre Palace, a former royal residence.
Weimar is a city in the state of Thuringia in central Germany. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it was a center of cultural and intellectual activity, drawing writers, philosophers, and musicians to the city.
Stowe is an estate in the county of Buckinghamshire in southern England. The estate belonged to the Temple-Grenville family, including the Whig politician Viscount Cobham, who significantly refurbished the house and gardens.
