Cape Miseno
Cape Miseno is the headland that marks the northwestern limit of the Gulf of Naples as well as the Bay of Pozzuoli in southern Italy. The town of Miseno is located on the north side of the cape.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Forest
- Description: cape in Campania, Italy
- Also known as: “Capo Miseno”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sacello degli Augustali and Piscina Mirabilis.
Sacello degli Augustali
Archaeological site
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sacello degli Augustali is an archaeological site.
Piscina Mirabilis
Archaeological site
Photo: Raboe001, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
The Piscina Mirabilis is an Ancient Roman cistern on the Bacoli hill at the western end of the Gulf of Naples, southern Italy. It ranks as one of the largest ancient cisterns built by the ancient Romans, compared to the largest Roman reservoir, the Yerebatan Sarayi in Istanbul.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Miseno and Bacoli.
Miseno
Village
Photo: Retaggio, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Miseno is one of the frazioni of the municipality of Bacoli in the Italian Province of Naples. Known in ancient Roman times as Misenum, it is the site of a great Roman port.
Bacoli
Town
Photo: Denghiù, Public domain.
Bacoli is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region of Campania, located about 15 kilometres west of Naples.
Cape Miseno
- Categories: promontory, cape, and Natura 2000 site
- Location: Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
40.78182° or 40° 46′ 55″ northLongitude
14.08812° or 14° 5′ 17″ eastElevation
3 metres (10 feet)Open location code
8FGPQ3JQ+P6OpenStreetMap ID
way 136417235OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Ukrainian—“Cape Miseno” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Μισηνόν”
- Cebuano: “Capo Miseno”
- Dutch: “Cape Miseno”
- Esperanto: “Kabo Miseno”
- French: “cap Misène”
- French: “Cap Misène”
- German: “Kap Miseno”
- German: “Kap Misenum”
- Hungarian: “Misenói-fok”
- Italian: “capo Miseno”
- Italian: “Capo Miseno”
- Italian: “Misenum”
- Japanese: “カポ・ミセノ”
- Latin: “Misenum”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Miseno”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Misenum”
- Romanian: “Capo Miseno”
- Russian: “мыс Мизено”
- Spanish: “Cabo Miseno”
- Ukrainian: “Мис Мізено”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Grotta della Dragonara and spiaggetta verde.
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