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A column of volcanic material rose to a height of 14 km, releasing a shower of lapilli and pumice which, carried by the wind, began to fall on Pompeii and the surrounding towns. This was the beginning of the disaster. Within a few hours, the volcano released an impressive amount of pyroclastic material that would change the landscape of the Vesuvian area forever. A place of memory that, as Amedeo Maiuri said, "should be considered as a city and not as a mine of works of art, a smaller city, different from Pompeii, but no less important, with its urban physiognomy, its civilisation and, above all, its human face".