Giardino degli scavi di Ercolano

Places of Interest

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.

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 papyrus scrolls, discovered in 1750.

Suburban Baths

Archaeological site

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Suburban Baths is an archaeological site.

Places in the Area

Ercolano

Town

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Ercolano is a city and comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the region of Campania in southern Italy. It lies at the western foot of Mount Vesuvius, on the Gulf of Naples, just southeast of Naples.

Portici

Town

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Portici is a city and comune of the Metropolitan City of Naples in the region of Campania in southern Italy. It has 51,213 inhabitants.

Torre del Greco

Town

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Torre del Greco is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the region of Campania in southern Italy. It has 78,839 inhabitants. 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 Giardino degli scavi di Ercolano.

Giardino degli scavi di Ercolano

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Localities in the Area

Notable Places Nearby

Curious Gardens to Discover

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