Velia
Velia was the Roman name of an ancient city on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is located near the modern village of Ascea in the Province of Salerno, Italy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ancient city of Magna Graecia
- Also known as: “Castellammare di Velia”, “Elea”, “Elia”, “Ἐλέα”, and “Ὑέλη”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Greek theater of Velia-Elea and Frescos House.
Greek theater of Velia-Elea
Archaeological site
Photo: Crompippo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Greek theater of Velia-Elea is an archaeological site.
Frescos House
Archaeological site
Photo: Mboesch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Frescos House is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Velina and Casal Velino.
Velina
Hamlet
Photo: Spinoziano, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Velina is a hamlet, which is situated 4½ km north of Velia.
Casal Velino
Next to Velia, Casal Velino is a nice town facing the Gulf of Velia, in the province of Salerno, Italy…Pioppi
Hamlet
Photo: Spinoziano, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pioppi is an Italian hamlet in the municipality of Pollica, in Cilento, Campania region. Its name means 'poplars' in the Italian language. Pioppi is situated 6 km west of Velia.
Velia
- Categories: polis, Ancient Greek archaeological site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Ascea, Salerno, Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Velia” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Elea”
- Afrikaans: “Velia”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἐλέα”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ὑέλη”
- Arabic: “إيليا( مدينة)”
- Arabic: “إيليا”
- Armenian: “Էլեա”
- Armenian: “Վելիա”
- Azerbaijani: “Eleya”
- Basque: “Elea”
- Belarusian: “Элея”
- Bulgarian: “Елея”
- Catalan: “Èlea”
- Catalan: “Híele”
- Catalan: “Vèlia”
- Central Kurdish: “ئێلیا”
- Chinese: “韋利亞”
- Chinese: “韦利亚”
- Corsican: “Elea”
- Corsican: “Velia”
- Croatian: “Novi Velia”
- Croatian: “Velia”
- Czech: “Velia”
- Danish: “Elea”
- Dutch: “Elea-Velia”
- Dutch: “Elea”
- Dutch: “Novi Velia”
- Esperanto: “Elajo”
- Esperanto: “Novi Velia”
- Finnish: “Elea”
- Finnish: “Velia”
- French: “Area archeologica di Elea-Velia”
- French: “Elea”
- French: “Elee”
- French: “Elée”
- French: “Élée”
- French: “Novi Velia”
- Galician: “Velia”
- Georgian: “ელეია”
- German: “Elea - Velia”
- German: “Elea”
- Greek: “Ελέα”
- Greek: “Ἐλέα”
- Greek: “Ὑέλη”
- Hebrew: “אליאה”
- Hebrew: “וליה”
- Hindi: “वेलिया”
- Hungarian: “Velia”
- Indonesian: “Ele”
- Indonesian: “Elea”
- Indonesian: “Hyele”
- Indonesian: “Velia”
- Italian: “Elaia”
- Italian: “Elea-Velia”
- Italian: “Elea”
- Italian: “Hyele”
- Italian: “Novi Velia”
- Italian: “Parco Archeologico di Velia”
- Italian: “Velia”
- Italian: “Ἐλέα”
- Italian: “Ὑέλη”
- Japanese: “ヴェーリア”
- Japanese: “エレア”
- Japanese: “ノーヴィ・ヴェリア”
- Korean: “벨리아”
- Latin: “Elea”
- Latin: “Hyele”
- Latin: “Velia”
- Latvian: “Eleja (Lielā Grieķija)”
- Latvian: “Eleja”
- Malay: “Elea”
- Malay: “Elia”
- Malay: “Velia”
- Mazanderani: “الئا”
- Mingrelian: “ელეია”
- Neapolitan: “Elea-Velia”
- Neapolitan: “Novi Velia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Elaia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Velia”
- Norwegian: “Elaia”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Elea”
- Persian: “الئا”
- Polish: “Novi Velia”
- Polish: “Velia”
- Portuguese: “Eleata”
- Portuguese: “Eleia”
- Portuguese: “Eléia”
- Portuguese: “Novi Velia”
- Romanian: “Velia”
- Russian: “Велия”
- Russian: “Вэлия”
- Russian: “Элея”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Velia”
- Slovak: “Elaia”
- Slovak: “Elea”
- Slovak: “Velia”
- Slovenian: “Velia”
- Spanish: “Elea”
- Spanish: “Elia”
- Spanish: “Novi Velia”
- Spanish: “Velia”
- Spanish: “Ἐλέα”
- Swedish: “Elaia”
- Swedish: “Elea-Velia”
- Swedish: “Elea”
- Turkish: “Velia”
- Ukrainian: “Елея”
- Vietnamese: “Velia”
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