Erotic art played an important role in old Pompeii with some of the best works on display in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples’ Secret Room. At the excavations, many houses have genitalia on display on the facade to ward off the evil eye, while erotic paintings and statues welcomed visitors. The erotic paintings on the wall of the brothel were possible a sort of advertisement of options available.
The excavations of Pompeii is justifiable one of the most-popular day-trip tour destinations in Italy. The best original artworks, frescoes and mosaics from Pompeii (and nearby Herculaneum) were removed and are on display in the National Museum of Archaeology in Naples (copies are mostly in place of the originals at the archaeological sites). The Campania Arte Card is fantastic savings deal that cover public transportation in the Naples region – including the Circumvesuviana commuter train from Naples Garibaldi station to Ercolano (for Herculaneum) and Pompei-Scavi Villa dei Misteri station (for the excavations of Pompeii), as well as the metro in Naples.