Campania
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Bacoli

Baiae

Baiae was an ancient Roman town situated on the northwest shore of the and now in the comune of . It was a fashionable resort for centuries in antiquity, particularly towards the end of the Roman Republic, when it was reckoned as superior to , , and by wealthy Romans, who built villas here from 100 BC.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: human settlement in Bacoli, Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy
  • Also known as: “Baia” and “Baiæ”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Parco Archeologico delle terme di Baia- Bacoli and Santa Maria del Riposo.

Archaeological site
Photo: AlMare, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is an archaeological site.

Church
Photo: Raboe001, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
is a church.

Railway station
is a railway station in , Metropolitan City of Naples, . It is served by the Cumana railway line, managed by EAV.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Torregaveta and Cumae.

Village
is a frazione of the comune of , in the metropolitan city of Naples, in . It has approximately one thousand inhabitants.

Village
Photo: AlexanderVanLoon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
was the first ancient Greek colony of Magna Graecia on the mainland of Italy and was founded by settlers from in the 8th century BCE. It became a rich Roman city, the remains of which lie near the modern village of Cuma, a frazione of the comune and in the Metropolitan City of Naples, , Italy. is situated 2½ km northwest of Baiae.

Village
Photo: Denghiù, Public domain.
is a village, which is situated 3½ km south of Baiae.

Baiae

Latitude
40.81889° or 40° 49′ 8″ north
Longitude
14.07075° or 14° 4′ 15″ east
Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IT BAI
Open location code
8FGPR39C+H7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2239104805
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
3182488
Wiki­data ID
Q290097
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Ukrainian—“Baiae” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Βάϊαι”
  • Arabic: “باياي”
  • Armenian: “Բայի”
  • Asturian: “Bayas”
  • Belarusian: “Баі”
  • Breton: “Baia”
  • Bulgarian: “Бая”
  • Catalan: “Baiae”
  • Catalan: “Baies”
  • Chinese: “巴亞”
  • Chinese: “貝亞”
  • Chinese: “贝亚”
  • Croatian: “Baia”
  • Croatian: “Baiae”
  • Czech: “Baiae”
  • Danish: “Baiae”
  • Dutch: “Baia (Italie)”
  • Dutch: “Baia”
  • Esperanto: “Baia (Italio)”
  • Esperanto: “Baia”
  • Finnish: “Baiae”
  • French: “Baiae”
  • French: “Baïes”
  • German: “Baiae”
  • Greek: “Βάιες”
  • Hebrew: “באייה”
  • Hungarian: “Baiae”
  • Irish: “Baia”
  • Italian: “Baia”
  • Japanese: “バイア (イタリア)”
  • Japanese: “バイアエ”
  • Japanese: “バイア海底考古学公園”
  • Korean: “바이아이”
  • Latin: “Baiae” (historical)
  • Neapolitan: “Baia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Baia”
  • Persian: “بای”
  • Polish: “Baje”
  • Portuguese: “Baias”
  • Romanian: “Baiae”
  • Russian: “Байи”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Baje”
  • Silesian: “Baia”
  • Slovenian: “Baje”
  • Spanish: “Bayas”
  • Swedish: “Baiae”
  • Turkish: “Baia”
  • Turkish: “Baiae”
  • Ukrainian: “Баї (місто)”
  • Ukrainian: “Баї”

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