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House of the Silver Wedding
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House of the Silver Wedding

Ruins · Italy

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
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Coordinates
40.753, 14.487
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Why it was abandoned

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Detected automatically from the text: The House of the Silver Wedding is the name given to the archaeological remains of a Roman house in Pompeii, buried in the ash from the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

History

The House of the Silver Wedding is the name given to the archaeological remains of a Roman house in Pompeii, buried in the ash from the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The house was excavated in 1893 and was named after the silver wedding anniversary of Umberto I of Italy and Margherita of Savoy, which took place in that year.

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