Active volcano in Campania, totally included in the province of Naples. It was born as an insular volcano in a sea inlet due to a strong uplift of the land and to the copious emission of lava and otherpyroclasticmaterialsraising the altitude of the cone to 2300 m. Vesuvius is a sight of rare beauty in the landscape of the Gulf, above all if viewed from the sea and the city in the background. A famous picture postcard image taken from the hill of Posillipo has rightly pulled it into the collective imagination of the city of Naples. In addition, Vesuvius has a record in the world: the first volcano studied systematically (by the will of the ruling House of Bourbon) and even today, the volcano is monitored and controlled. Overall massif of Vesuvius is included into the Vesuvius National Park.