Both during the eighteenth century and now, cooled lava from Mt Vesuvius was a popular souvenir for visitors to the volcano.
Pietro Fabris, 'Specimens of curious stones found by the Author on Mount Vesuvius' from William Hamllton, Campi Phlegraei. Observations on the Volcanos of the two Sicilies as They have been communicated to the Royal Society of London (Naples, 1776-1779)
- Location
- Mt Vesuvius
- Date (Mozart)
- 1770 May-June
- Location (Mozart)
- Naples