Pompeii is a wonderful place to visit! The ancient ruins are just like they were 700 years ago! This is one of the most popular tourist places! To many Italians, Pompei (the town, as opposed to Pompeii, the architectural site) is a place of pilgrimage.If you ever go to Pompeii you can see the old ruins and and the town covered in plaster. This action was to preserve the city so you can see how it was before 79 AD. We think you should go to Pompeii so you can see the difference between modern and ancient Pompeii!
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Rome was essentially built on and around hills in a marshy area at the mouth of the river Tiber, Pompeii was dominated by the mountain to the north-west and its immediate view over the sea. Like Rome however, it commanded a good position in terms of control over trade routes and good access to the river and water ways which at the time were by far the most efficient form of goods transport.