Villa Boscoreale
Villa Boscoreale is a name given to any of several Roman villas discovered in the district of Boscoreale, Italy. They were all buried and preserved by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, along with Pompeii and Herculaneum.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Villa of the Mysteries and Villa Regina railway halt.
Villa of the Mysteries
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The Villa of the Mysteries is a well-preserved suburban ancient Roman villa on the outskirts of Pompeii, southern Italy. It is famous for the series of exquisite frescos in Room 5, which are usually interpreted as showing the initiation of a bride into a Greco-Roman mystery cult. Villa of the Mysteries is situated 1 km southeast of Villa Boscoreale.
Villa Regina railway halt
Railway station
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Villa Regina railway halt is a railway station, which is situated 480 metres south of Villa Boscoreale.
Villa Regina
Residential building
Villa Regina is a residential building, which is situated 190 metres west of Villa Boscoreale.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boscoreale and Torre Annunziata.
Boscoreale
Town
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Boscoreale is an Italian comune and town in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, with a population of 25,939 in 2022. Located in the Vesuvius National Park, under the slopes of Mount Vesuvius, it is known for the fruit and vineyards of Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio.
Torre Annunziata
Torre Annunziata is a commune in Metropolitan Naples, in the Campania region of Italy. The Archaeological Area of Torre Annunziata is listed on UNESCO World Heritage List together with Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Pompeii
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Pompeii is in Campania, Italy, not far from Naples. The ruined ancient Roman city of the same name was engulfed by Mt. Vesuvius in AD 79, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Villa Boscoreale
- Type: Historical site
- Categories: archaeological site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Boscoreale, Metropolitan Naples, Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Villa Boscoreale” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Excavacions arqueològiques de Boscoreale”
- Chinese: “伯斯科雷阿萊別墅”
- Dutch: “Villa Boscoreale”
- German: “Villa Fanninus”
- Italian: “Scavi archeologici dell’agro pompeiano”
- Japanese: “P.ファンニウス=シュニストル荘(en)”
- Japanese: “ボスコレアーレ荘”
- Latin: “Villa Publii Fannii Synistoris”
- Persian: “ویلا بوسکورئاله”
- Russian: “Вилла в Боскореале”
- Slovenian: “Villa Boscoreale”
- Ukrainian: “Вілла в Боскореале”
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