Pompeii Street View. Piazza Porta Marina Inferiore and Viale delle Ginestre.

Entrance to Pompei Scavi.

The Viale delle Ginestre leads from the original entrance along the south side of the city walls to the new entrance and from there to the southern end of the Gladiators Barracks VIII.7.16.

According to Van der Graaff –

“With the extension of the Napoli-Portici railroad in 1844, a new access to the ruins opened on the modern Piazza Esedra, leading to the area of the Porta Marina. In the early 1900s, a new branch and station of the Circumvesuviana light rail built north of Pompeii led to the construction of the now abandoned entrance facility at the Porta Nola. It was the main access into the ruins until a new station, the current Pompeii/Villa dei Misteri stop on the Circumvesuviana line to Sorrento, opened in the 1930s. Only in 1948 did the new entrance near the amphitheatre artificially bridge the city walls into the city. (Note 97)”

See Van der Graaff, I. (2018). The Fortifications of Pompeii and Ancient Italy. Routledge, (p.23-24).

Piazza Esedra original entrance, on left. April 2019.

The new ticket offices are through the gate on the right. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Piazza Porta Marina Inferiore. April 2019. Gate to ticket office, on right.

At the top of the escarpment is the Temple of Venus, with one of the giant figures. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Piazza Porta Marina Inferiore. April 2019. Large dolium. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Piazza Porta Marina Inferiore. April 2019. Too early – not quite open yet! Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Piazza Porta Marina Inferiore. June 2010. North-east corner of Piazza Esedra, entrance to Pompei Scavi. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Piazza Porta Marina Inferiore. April 2019. Early morning sunlight spotlighting the ticket office. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Piazza Porta Marina Inferiore. June 2010. Entrance to Pompei Scavi, ticket office. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Piazza Porta Marina Inferiore. June 2010. Entrance to Pompei Scavi. Looking east to ticket barriers. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Piazza Porta Marina Inferiore. June 2010. Path going east from entrance, called Viale delle Ginestre. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Piazza Porta Marina Inferiore. June 2010. Looking west back to ticket barriers. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Entrance to Pompeii, dated April 03 (1903?), but exact location unknown.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Rear of photo of Entrance to Pompeii, dated April 1903, but exact location unknown.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Piazza Esedra, original entrance, Pompeii. April 2019. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Piazza Esedra, original entrance, Pompeii. April 2019. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Piazza Esedra entrance. June 2010. Entrance eventually leading back to Porta Marina entrance. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Pompeii, June 1962. Entrance on Piazza Esedra, looking north. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Pompeii, 1968.

Looking west at rear of the Temple of Venus. The entrance on Piazza Esedra can be seen on the left. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

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(Jackie’s Note: 1967-68, as I remember (a long time ago now!) the entrance from the car park at Pompeii was on the left.

Having bought a ticket, the way into Pompeii was up the slope (where people are walking up, in photo) and then through the Antiquarium and exiting from the door at VIII.1.4, into the excavations half-way up through the Porta Marina). 

Pompeii, near Piazza Esedra/Via Porta Marina Inferiore, April 2019.

Slope, now leading to entrance at Porta Marina. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Pompeii. 1905. Tourists at entrance. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Pompeii. 1905. Wording on rear of above photo of Pompeii entrance. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Piazza Porta Marina Inferiore. Looking south-east down on Piazza Esedra from the Temple of Venus.

Grand Hotel Suisse, Pompeii, c.19th century. Hotel near entrance. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Pompeii, 2nd February 1924.

Photo taken at the ruins of Pompeii, unspecified location. The motor car is actually outside the Hotel Suisse. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Entrance to Pompeii from railway station, towards Hotel Diomedes.

Photograph No. 494, by Roberto Rive (18..-1889). Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Diomede Hotel, Pompeii. 1905. Hotel near entrance. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Diomede Hotel, Pompeii. Advertisement dated c.1900’s. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Diomede Hotel, Pompeii. Advertisement dated c.1900’s. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Valle di Pompeii. 1896. Valle di Pompei veduta dell’Osservatorio e dell’Orfanotrofio. Looking north to Vesuvius.

Valle di Pompei. Undated postcard looking east from the ancient city of Pompeii. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

Valle di Pompei, Stazione della ferrovia elettrica. Undated photo. Courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Entrance tickets, and miscellaneous.

Pompeii. 1905. House buried in lava, with wording below. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Pompeii. 1905.

Wording on rear of above photograph “Pompei. House buried in lava – (only upper storey of 3 above present level).”

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Entrance tickets

Pompeii, April 2019 ticket, current price 15 Euro. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Pompeii Entrance ticket dated 4th June 2013. Entry fee was 11 Euro. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Pompeii Entrance ticket 3rd September 2004. Entry fee was 10 Euro. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Pompeii Entrance ticket dated 24th August 1997. Entry fee was 12.000 Lire. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Pompeii Entrance ticket dated 10th October 1973. Entry fee was 150 Lire. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Pompeii, “Series C” ticket, (150 lire), dated 27^th May 1972. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Pompeii, “Series G” ticket, concessionary ticket 75 lire (reduced by 50%), dated 27^th May 1972. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Pompeii, “Series A” ticket, (150 lire), dated 20th September 1970. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Pompeii, “Series A” ticket, dated 20th September 1970, with note on rear. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Pompeii, “Series T” ticket, (Gratuito), dated 20th September 1970. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Pompeii. "Series C" ticket (Lire 105) dated 12 Sep 1962. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Pompeii, A "supplemental ticket" from the 1940s (about 1944), for going to the coliseum area. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

At the time these tickets were being used, a visitor obtained them at the office, across from where the modern auto grill is located, then they could take the old "pre-1950s" foot train across Region I to the coliseum.

Pompeii di Notte ticket dated 1944. Entry fee was 2.50 Lire. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Pompeii, 30 March 1937 Porta Nola ticket. Front of ticket. 5 Lire. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer. 

Pompeii, 30 March 1937 Porta Nola ticket. Rear of ticket. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer. 

Pompeii. A "Serie B" ticket dated 18 Sep 1932, printed as Lire 100 but over-stamped as Lire 150. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Pompeii Porta Marina entrance ticket dated 13 Apr 193(?), the last digit is unclear. Entry fee was 75 Lire.

The "Serie B" ticket above (printed as Lire 100 but over-stamped Lire 150) is dated 18 Sep 1932.

That would suggest a date range of 1930-31 for this "Series A" ticket. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Pompeii entrance ticket dated 5 Aug 1924 on the rear. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Pompeii ticket dated 2nd February 1924. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Pompeii ticket (reverse side) dated 2nd February 1924. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Pompeii, ticket but date unknown (6 lire instead of 5 lire, presumably after 1923). Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Pompeii, ticket dated 30^th January 1923 on rear. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Pompeii, reverse side of ticket dated 30^th January 1923, with Porta Marina stamp on rear. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Pompeii, Porta Nolana 1922 ticket. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Pompeii, Porta Nolana 1922 ticket. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Pompeii, 1920 Porta Marina ticket. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Pompeii, 1917 ticket. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Miscellaneous tickets

Pompeii. Train ticket from 1958. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Char-a-banc ticket c.1900 found inside an old Pompeii guide-book.

The original owners had jotted down notes in the margin of the book outlining what they had seen during their trip to Pompeii.

They had also pressed three leaves inside the book.  Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Autostrada Napoli - Pompei return ticket for a motorcycle dated July 1952.

The cost was 50 Lire, of which 4.6 Lire was IGE.

The “Imposta Generale sulle Entrate” or “general tax on revenue” was introduced in 1940 and superseded by VAT in 1973.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

1938 ticket for Vesuvius. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

1939. Ticket for Strada Automobilistica Vesuvio. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

The road was built by the Matrone brothers to reach the Great Cone of Vesuvius from the Boscotrecase slope.

The Matrone road was built by the engineer Gennaro Matrone, following the Royal Concession of 13 June 1892.

Destroyed and almost erased by the violent eruptions of Vesuvius several times, the road was rebuilt in 1918, when it became paved and the cars could cover the 8.5 Km to the piazzale at an altitude of one thousand meters.

In 1924 Aurelio Matrone had a house built for the caretaker and the ticket office (now the forestry station).

After nearly thirty years of work, various destructions made by sudden lava flows and subsequent reconstructions, the road was inaugurated on 4 January 1927.

It is now a walking track in the Vesuvius National Park.

Time-table from the 1900’s. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.