Ara of Marco Nonio Balbo
Ara of Marco Nonio Balbo is an archaeological site in Ercolano, Metropolitan Naples, Campania. Ara of Marco Nonio Balbo is situated nearby to the archaeological site Suburban Baths, as well as near Villa of the Papyri.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: an honorific complex located in the archaeological site of Herculaneum
- Also known as: “Terrace and altar of M. Nonius Balbus”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Herculaneum and Suburban Baths.
Herculaneum
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Herculaneum is a town close to Naples in Campania, Italy. It is named after the ruined Roman city which forms its main attraction. Herculaneum was destroyed by an eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in AD 79, the same eruption that destroyed Pompeii.
Suburban Baths
Archaeological site
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Suburban Baths is an archaeological site.
Villa of the Papyri
Archaeological site
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The Villa of the Papyri was an ancient Roman villa in Herculaneum, in what is now Ercolano, southern Italy. It is named after its unique library of papyri scrolls, discovered in 1750. Villa of the Papyri is situated 260 metres northwest of Ara of Marco Nonio Balbo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ercolano and Portici.
Ercolano
Town
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Ercolano is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania of Southern Italy. It lies at the western foot of Mount Vesuvius, on the Bay of Naples, just southeast of the city of Naples.
Portici
Town
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Portici is a town and municipality of the Metropolitan City of Naples in the region of Campania in Italy. It has 51,351 inhabitants.
Torre del Greco
Town
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Torre del Greco is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples in Italy, with a population of c. 85,000 as of 2016. The locals are sometimes called Corallini because of the once plentiful coral in the nearby sea, and because the city has been a major producer of coral jewellery and cameo brooches since the seventeenth century. Torre del Greco is situated 2½ km southeast of Ara of Marco Nonio Balbo.
Ara of Marco Nonio Balbo
- Categories: altar, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Ercolano, Metropolitan Naples, Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
“Ara of Marco Nonio Balbo” goes by many names.
- Italian: “Ara di Marco Nonio Balbo”
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