2010 • 14' • French & English
Director(s): Vincent Perazio • Producer(s): Grand Angle Productions • Coproducer(s): France télévisions • Format(s): HD
Pompeii, Vesuvius… two sites so evocative of the archaeology and volcanism of the Naples region. So who spares a thought for Baia and the Flegrean Fields? And yet, at the time it was the supreme resort for the emperors and aristocracy of Rome, a totally other world on the other side of the bay which represented every vice cited in ancient texts.Today Baia is a sunken city, swallowed up by a very rare and particular form of volcanic action.