San Sebastiano al Vesuvio
San Sebastiano al Vesuvio is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, located on the western slopes of Mount Vesuvius. Its elevation means that it is often a few degrees cooler than the neighbouring metropolis of Naples.Places of Interest
Highlights include Vesuvius Observatory and Guindazzi railway station.
Vesuvius Observatory
Historic building
Photo: Carlomorino, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Vesuvius Observatory is the surveillance centre for monitoring the three volcanic areas of Campania, Italy: Mount Vesuvius, the Phlegrean Fields and Ischia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portici and San Giorgio a Cremano.
Portici
Town
Photo: Ferdinando Scala, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Portici is a town and municipality of the Metropolitan City of Naples in the region of Campania in Italy. It has 51,351 inhabitants. Portici is situated 3½ km southwest of San Sebastiano al Vesuvio.
San Giorgio a Cremano
Town
Photo: Ferdinando Scala, CC BY-SA 3.0.
San Giorgio a Cremano is a city and comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, in the Southern Italian region of Campania. It is located on the foothills of Mount Vesuvius to the west of the volcano and the Tyrrhenian Sea, and is five kilometres to the south east of the centre of Naples.
Ponticelli
Suburb
Photo: Manu’ndroid, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ponticelli is an eastern suburb of Naples, southern Italy with a population of some 70,000 inhabitants.
San Sebastiano al Vesuvio
- Type: Locality with 8,980 residents
- Also known as: “063070”
- Location: Metropolitan Naples, Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
40.8445° or 40° 50′ 40″ northLongitude
14.3676° or 14° 22′ 4″ eastPopulation
8,980Elevation
156 metres (512 feet)Open location code
8FGPR9V9+R3GeoNames ID
6540685
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In Other Languages
“San Sebastiano al Vesuvio” goes by many names.
- Italian: “Comune di San Sebastiano al Vesuvio”
- Italian: “San Sebastiano al Vesuvio”
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