Piazza Pugliano

Places of Interest Nearby

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 papyrus scrolls, discovered in 1750. Villa of the Papyri is situated 1 km southwest of Piazza Pugliano.

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.

San Giorgio a Cremano

Town

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San Giorgio a Cremano is a city and comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the region of Campania in southern 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.

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