Posillipo
Posillipo is an affluent residential quarter of Naples, southern Italy, located along the northern coast of the Gulf of Naples. From the 1st century BC the Bay of Naples witnessed the rise of villas constructed by elite Romans along the most panoramic points of the coast, who had chosen the area as a favourite vacation spot.
- Hill rising to 78 metres (256 feet)
- …has 22,900 residents
- Description: quarter of Naples, Italy
- Also known as“Collina di Posillipo”“Monte di Posillipo”“Posílipo”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Napoli Mergellina railway station and Santa Maria di Piedigrotta.
Napoli Mergellina railway station
Railway station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mergellina and Chiaia.
Posillipo
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Latitude
40.83333° or 40° 50′ north
Longitude
14.21667° or 14° 13′ east
Open location code
8FGPR6M8+8M
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Tagalog—“Posillipo” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بوسيليبو”
- Catalan: “Posillipo”
- Chinese: “波西利波”
- Croatian: “Posillipo”
- Danish: “Posillipo”
- Dutch: “Posillipo”
- French: “Pausilippe”
- French: “Posillipo”
- German: “Posillipo”
- Greek: “ΠΑΥΣΙΛΙΠΟΝ”
- Hungarian: “Posillipo-fok”
- Italian: “Posillipo”
- Japanese: “ポジッリポ”
- Japanese: “ポジリポ”
- Latin: “Pausilypum”
- Latin: “Pausylipus”
- Neapolitan: “Pusilleco”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Posillipo”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Posillipo”
- Russian: “Позиллипо”
- Slovenian: “Posillipo”
- Spanish: “Posillipo”
- Swedish: “Posillipo”
- Tagalog: “Posillipo”
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