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.- Type: Hill with an elevation of 78 metres
- Description: quarter of Naples, Italy
- Also known as: “Collina di Posillipo”, “Monte di Posillipo”, and “Posílipo”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Napoli Mergellina railway station and Villino Adriana.
Napoli Mergellina railway station
Railway station
Photo: IlSistemone, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Napoli Mergellina railway station serves the city and comune of Naples, in the region of Campania, Southern Italy. Opened in 1925, it is the third most important railway station in Naples, after Napoli Centrale and Napoli Campi Flegrei.
Villino Adriana
Historic building
Photo: Baku, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Villino Adriana is a historic building.
Santa Maria di Piedigrotta
Church
Photo: Baku, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Santa Maria di Piedigrotta is a Baroque-style church in Naples, Italy; it is located in the neighborhood or quartiere of Piedigrotta. A church at the site was consecrated by 1353, and dedicated to the Birth of the Virgin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mergellina and Chiaia.
Mergellina
Neighborhood
Photo: Jeffmatt, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Mergellina is a coastal district of the city of Naples, Italy. It is located in the quartiere of Chiaia. It stands at the foot of the Posillipo Hill and faces the Castel dell'Ovo.
Chiaia
Suburb
Photo: Robert Rive, Public domain.
Chiaia is an affluent neighbourhood on the seafront in Naples, Italy, bounded by Piazza Vittoria on the east and Mergellina on the west. Chiaia is one of the wealthiest districts in Naples, and many luxury brands have shops on its main street.
Vomero
Suburb
Photo: Baku, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vomero is a hilltop district of Naples, Italy — comprising approximately two square kilometres and a population of 48,000. Vomero is noted for its central square, Piazza Vanvitelli; the ancient Petraio, its earliest path up and down to the original city…
Posillipo
- Categories: quarter of Naples and landform
- Location: Municipalità 1, Naples, Metropolitan Naples, Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Satellite Map
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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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