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The Vesuvius Observatory (Italian: Osservatorio Vesuviano) is the surveillance centre for monitoring the three volcanic areas of Campania, Italy: Mount Vesuvius, the Phlegrean Fields and Ischia. Founded in 1841 on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius by Ferdinand II of Bourbon, King of the Two Sicilies, it is the oldest volcanology institute in the world. Its current operative center is based in Naples, hosting an important section of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology.

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Vesuvius Observatory

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areas of Campania, Italy: Mount Vesuvius, the Phlegrean Fields and Ischia. Founded in 1841 on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius by Ferdinand II of Bourbon, King...

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Vesuvius red zone

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direction of the winds at the time. Mount Vesuvius is continuously kept under surveillance by the Vesuvius Observatory of the National Institute of Geophysics...

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Observatory

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the best known are the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and the Vesuvius Observatory. Mobile volcano observatories exist with the USGS VDAP (Volcano Disaster...

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Volcanic lightning

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conducted at Mount Vesuvius by Luigi Palmieri who observed the eruptions of 1858, 1861, 1868, and 1872 from the Vesuvius Observatory. These eruptions often...

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Phlegraean Fields

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volcanic arc, which includes Mount Vesuvius, 9km east of Naples. The Phlegraean Fields is monitored by the Vesuvius Observatory. It was declared a regional park...

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Mount Vesuvius

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was worshipped as a power of Jupiter; that is, Jupiter Vesuvius. The Romans regarded Mount Vesuvius as being devoted to Hercules. The historian Diodorus...

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Volcanism of Italy

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Etna Stromboli Vesuvius Vulcano Phlegraean Fields Ischia Lipari Panarea Marsili Pantelleria Ferdinandea Alban Hills Palinuro The volcanism of Italy is...

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List of volcanic eruptions by death toll

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John Seach. "Ecuador Volcanoes". World Data. "L'eruzione del 1906". Vesuvius Observatory (in Italian). Paredes, Enrique; Morales, Sergio (4 July 2018). "Conred...

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Campania

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young life. He died at Naples in 1837. The first volcano observatory, the Vesuvius Observatory, was founded in Naples in 1841. Geologist Giuseppe Mercalli...

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Volcano observatory

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Observatory Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology Piton de la Fournaise Volcano Observatory Southern Andean Volcano Observatory Vesuvius...

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Phlegraean Fields red zone

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"What to do in case of an eruption of the Phlegrean Fields". "Current alert level of the Phlegraean Fields caldera" (in Italian). Vesuvius Observatory....

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Volcanology

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could save many lives. In 1841, the first volcanological observatory, the Vesuvius Observatory, was founded in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Volcanology...

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Naples

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oldest permanent volcano observatory, the Vesuvius Observatory, founded in 1841. The Observatory lies on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius, near the city of Ercolano...

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Ercolano

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the ascension to the crater of Mount Vesuvius. In 1845 the Real Osservatorio Vesuviano (Royal Vesuvius Observatory) was inaugurated, the first in the world...

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Alessandro Malladra

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Italian and Vesuvius History in the Lava Medals Collection of the Osservatorio Vesuviano", poster.[1] History of the Vesuvius Observatory.[2] Treccani...

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Giuseppe Mercalli

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was given a job at Naples University. He was also director of the Vesuvius Observatory until the time of his death. Giuseppe Mercalli also observed eruptions...

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Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

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Parlato, Luigi; Scala, Omar; Siviglia, Vittoria (2010). "The Museum of Vesuvius Observatory and its public. Years 2005–2008". EGUGA: 2942. Bibcode:2010EGUGA...

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Luigi Palmieri

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university. In 1848, he began working at the Vesuvius Observatory and in 1854 was appointed as Director of the Observatory. Using an electromagnetic seismometer...

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Macedonio Melloni

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In 1839 he went to Naples and was soon appointed director of the Vesuvius Observatory, a post that he held until 1848. In 1845, he was elected a foreign...

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Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte

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Astronomical Observatory is located in Naples, Italy, on Capodimonte hill, where the splendid panorama of the city and bay of Naples from Vesuvius to Castel...

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Francesco Signore

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during World War I (1915 to 1919). He was nominated assistant at the Vesuvius Observatory (1928). He taught volcanology at the faculty of science, University...

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List of radio stations in Naples

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Description 87.500 Radio Italia Solo Musica Italiana Ercolano/Mount Vesuvius/Vesuvius Observatory Italian music 87.600 Radio Italia Solo Musica Italiana Vico...

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Mount Barbaro

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Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. "Gauro" (in Italian). Vesuvius Observatory. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 13 October...

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List of Catholic clergy scientists

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Mercalli (1850–1914) – priest, volcanologist, and director of the Vesuvius Observatory who is best remembered today for his Mercalli scale for measuring...

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Rosaly Lopes

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Astronomy Section at the Old Royal Observatory in Greenwich, UK. In 1989 she performed hazard mapping at the Vesuvius Observatory in Naples, Italy as a Visiting...

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National Observatory of Athens

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The National Observatory of Athens (NOA; Greek: Εθνικό Αστεροσκοπείο Αθηνών) is a research institute in Athens, Greece. Founded in 1842, it is the oldest...

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Professors Zwillinge in Italien

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upcoming trip to Mount Vesuvius. Despite Suse's fear, their father decides to take them to the volcano. The family meets Vesuvius children, Rita and Enrico...

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Mount Etna

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being about two and a half times the height of the next largest, Mount Vesuvius. Only Mount Teide on Tenerife in the Canary Islands surpasses it in the...

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