There are first-person accounts of this volcano's eruption in 1767 (as there had been in 79 A.D.)
Many villages on the slopes of the volcano were destroyed; about 3,000 people 
were killed; ... eruption exemplified by the outburst of Mount Vesuvius in Italy in 
ad 79 that... [DOC] [TLE] Unique Facts About Europe: Mount Vesuvius - Sheppard Software [PAR] The only other two such volcanoes in Italy are located on islands.