Abstract
Vesuvius and Campi Flegrei are among the best known active volcanoes in the world because of their well-documented activity in historical times (witnessed also in the archaeological sites) and due to the risk they create in the surrounding densely populated area. Vesuvius is a composite stratovolcano including an older cone cut by a large caldera (Mt. Somma, 1131 m) and a younger cone called Vesuvius Gran Cono (1256 m). The Campi Flegrei are composed by a large caldera (12 km wide) occupied by about 30 younger monogenic edifices, mainly tuff rings and tuff cones, created by explosive eruptions due to the interaction between trachytic magma and underground water. Very famous is also the vertical ground deformation (bradyseism) affecting Pozzuoli in the Campi Flegrei. This phenomenon has been recorded for the last 2000 years by sea level marks on the columns of the Roman temple Serapeo.
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