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.
- Archaeological site
- …lies at an elevation of around 50 metres (160 feet)
- Description: ancient city of Magna Graecia
- Also known as“Castellammare di Velia”“Elea”“Elia”“Ἐλέα”“Ὑέλη”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Greek theater of Velia-Elea and Frescos House.
Greek theater of Velia-Elea
Archaeological site
Greek theater of Velia-Elea is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Velina and Casal Velino.
Velia
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Latitude
40.16061° or 40° 9′ 38″ north
Longitude
15.15594° or 15° 9′ 21″ east
Open location code
8FGQ5564+69
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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: “Elea”
- 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: “Élée”
- French: “Novi Velia”
- Galician: “Velia”
- Georgian: “ელეია”
- German: “Elea - Velia”
- German: “Elea”
- 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: “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”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Castellammare della Bruca and Enotria.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Resort Santa Maria and Villaggio Turistico Elea.
Salerno: Highlights
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