Grumentum
Grumentum was an ancient Roman city in the centre of Lucania, in what is now the comune of Grumento Nova, c. 50 km south of Potenza by the direct road through Anxia, and 80 km by the Via Herculia, at the point of divergence of a road eastward to Heraclea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mboesch, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Email: drm-bas.museogrumentonova@cultura.gov.it
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ancient city and archeological site in Italy
- Also known as: “Parco Archeologico di Grumentum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Grumentum amphitheatre and Teatro romano.
Grumentum amphitheatre
Archaeological site
Photo: Paola Liliana Buttiglione, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Grumentum amphitheatre is an archaeological site, which is situated 330 metres northeast of Grumentum.
Teatro romano
Archaeological site
Photo: Mboesch, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Teatro romano is an archaeological site, which is situated 370 metres southwest of Grumentum.
Santa Maria Assunta (Grumento Nova)
Church
Photo: Mboesch, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Santa Maria Assunta (Grumento Nova) is a church, which is situated 280 metres northeast of Grumentum.
Grumentum
Latitude
40.2856° or 40° 17′ 8″ northLongitude
15.90851° or 15° 54′ 31″ eastElevation
589 metres (1,932 feet)Open location code
8FGQ7WP5+6COpenStreetMap ID
way 69532398OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Grumentum” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Грументум”
- Catalan: “Grumentum”
- Czech: “Grumentum”
- Dutch: “Grumentum”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جرومينتوم”
- Finnish: “Grumentum”
- French: “Grumentum”
- German: “Grumentum”
- Hebrew: “גרומנטום”
- Italian: “Area archeologica di Grumento Nova”
- Italian: “Grumentum”
- Japanese: “グルメントゥム”
- Latin: “Grumentum”
- Russian: “Грумент”
- Spanish: “Grumentum”
- Swedish: “Grumentum”
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