Basilica Santa Maria A Pugliano
Basilica Santa Maria A Pugliano is a church in Ercolano, Metropolitan Naples, Campania. Basilica Santa Maria A Pugliano is situated nearby to the church Basilica of Santa Maria a Pugliano, as well as near the archaeological site Villa of the Papyri.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Herculaneum and Basilica of Santa Maria a Pugliano.
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.
Basilica of Santa Maria a Pugliano
Church
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The Basilica of Santa Maria a Pugliano is the main church in Ercolano and the oldest church in the area around Mount Vesuvius. The church contains two pagan marble sarcophagi from the 2nd and 4th centuries AD, later adapted into Christian altars, probably in the 11th century.
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 1 km southwest of Basilica Santa Maria A Pugliano.
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.
San Giorgio a Cremano
Town
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San Giorgio a Cremano is a city in the Metropolitan City of Naples, in Italy. 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.
Basilica Santa Maria A Pugliano
- Type: Church
- Category: religion
- Location: Ercolano, Metropolitan Naples, Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
40.81239° or 40° 48′ 45″ northLongitude
14.35243° or 14° 21′ 9″ eastElevation
80 metres (262 feet)Open location code
8FGPR962+XXGeoNames ID
10399491
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