Mount Vesuvius is a volcano in southern Italy, near the shore of the Bay of Naples and the city of Naples. It (BE) the only active volcano on the European mainland. A solitary mountain (RISE) from the plain of Campania, it has a base 50 km and is surrounded by two summits, of which the highest is the cone (KNOW) as Vesuvius proper. On August 24 in the year AD79, a great eruption of Mount Vesuvius began; the top of the mountain (BLOW) off by an explosion, and the cities of Herculaneum and Pompeii were buried under a rain ashes and mud. The height of Mount Vesuvius is 1,277m, while Monte Somma, the (SMALL) summit, is 1,132m. The volcano’s slopes (COVER) with vineyards and orchards. Higher up, oak and chestnut grow. A funicular railroad recently (BUILD) from the base of the Cinder cone to the summit close to the edge of the crater.

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Mount Vesuvius is a volcano in southern Italy, near the shore of the Bay of Naples and the city of Naples. It ... \(BE\) the only active volcano on the European mainland.
A solitary mountain ... \(RISE\) from the plain of Campania, it has a base 50 km and is surrounded by two summits, of which the highest is the cone ... \(KNOW\) as Vesuvius proper.
On August 24 in the year AD79, a great eruption of Mount Vesuvius began; the top of the mountain ... \(BLOW\) off by an explosion, and the cities of Herculaneum and Pompeii were buried under a rain ashes and mud.
The height of Mount Vesuvius is 1,277m, while Monte Somma, the ... \(SMALL\) summit, is 1,132m. The volcano’s slopes ... \(COVER\) with vineyards and orchards. Higher up, oak and chestnut grow. A funicular railroad recently ... \(BUILD\) from the base of the Cinder cone to the summit close to the edge of the crater.

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