Southern Italy
Campania
Province of Caserta

Santa Maria Capua Vetere

Santa Maria Capua Vetere is a town and comune in the , in the region of , . Although not identical with the ancient Civitas Capuana, the town developed during the medieval period near the site of the .
Tap on a place
to explore it
comune.santa-maria-capua-vetere.ce.it
Wikipedia
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Dom De Felice, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Town with 32,800 residents
  • Description: Italian comune
  • Also known as: “061083”
Photo: Orso della campagna, Public domain.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Arch of Hadrian and Santa Maria Capua Vetere Mithraeum.

Photo: Stanley-goodspeed, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is an ancient Roman triumphal arch located in Santa Maria Capua Vetere. It was originally a triple arch, but today only three pylons and one of the lateral arches survive.

Archaeological site
Photo: Nicola D’Orta, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an archaeological site.

Museum
Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Caserta and Casapulla.

Photo: Massimo Telò, CC BY 2.5.
is a city in . Its main attraction is the UNESCO World Heritage Site called Palazzo Reale. During Italian summer holidays it can get quite packed. During the rest of the year it is a sleepy town.

Village
is a comune in the in the region , located about 4 kilometres west of . borders the municipalities of , Curti, , , and .

Town
Photo: Austin Keys, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a city and comune in the , in the region of , , located on the northeastern edge of the Campanian plain. is situated 5 km northwest of Santa Maria Capua Vetere.

Santa Maria Capua Vetere

Latitude
41.0799° or 41° 4′ 48″ north
Longitude
14.2564° or 14° 15′ 23″ east
Population
32,800
Elevation
43 metres (141 feet)
Open location code
8FHP37H4+XH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5846644915
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
6538728
Wiki­data ID
Q58894
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Santa Maria Capua Vetere from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Santa Maria Capua Vetere” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سانتا ماريا كابوا فيتيري”
  • Aragonese: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Armenian: “Սանտա Մարիա Կապուա Վետերե”
  • Basque: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Breton: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Bulgarian: “Санта Мария Капуа Ветере”
  • Catalan: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Cebuano: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Chechen: “Санта-Мария-Капуа-Ветере”
  • Chinese: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Chinese: “圣玛丽亚-卡普阿韦泰雷”
  • Chinese: “聖瑪麗亞-卡普阿韋泰雷”
  • Dutch: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Esperanto: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Estonian: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere vald”
  • Estonian: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Finnish: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • French: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • German: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Greek: “Σάντα Μαρία Κάπουα Βέτερε”
  • Hungarian: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Indonesian: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Interlingua: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Irish: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Italian: “Comune di Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Italian: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Japanese: “サンタ・マリーア・カープア・ヴェーテレ”
  • Kazakh: “Санта-Мария-Капуа-Ветере”
  • Korean: “산타마리아카푸아베테레”
  • Kurdish: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Ladin: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Latin: “Villa Sanctae Mariae Maioris”
  • Lithuanian: “Santa Marija Kapua Veterė”
  • Lombard: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Macedonian: “Санта Марија Капуа Ветере”
  • Malay: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Neapolitan: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Persian: “سانتا ماریا کاپوا وتره”
  • Piemontese: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Polish: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Portuguese: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Romanian: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Russian: “Санта-Мария-Капуа-Ветере”
  • Scots: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Serbian: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Serbian: “Санта Марија Капуа Ветере”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Caserta”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Sicilian: “Santa Maria Capua Vetiri”
  • Silesian: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Slovenian: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سانتا ماریا کاپوا وتره”
  • Spanish: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Swahili: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Swedish: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Tagalog: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Tatar: “Санта-Мария-Капуа-Ветере”
  • Turkish: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Ukrainian: “Санта-Марія-Капуа-Ветере”
  • Uzbek: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Venetian: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Vietnamese: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Volapük: “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”
  • “Sanda Marije Capua Vetere”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Sant’Andrea dei Lagni and Curti.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Piazza Giovanni Bovio and NEMUSS - Museo Scientifico Nevio.

Campania: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Naples, Vesuvius, Pompeii, and Salerno.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Santa Maria Capua Vetere”. Photo: Dom De Felice, CC BY-SA 3.0.