National Railway Museum of Pietrarsa
The National Railway Museum of Pietrarsa is close to the Naples–Portici railway. The museum is housed in what was originally the 'Bourbon works' Officine di Pietrarsa, founded in 1840 on the orders of Ferdinand II of Bourbon to build steam engines for ships and boilers for locomotives.
Photo: Reinhard Dietrich, Public domain.- Email: museopietrarsa@fondazionefs.it
- Type: Museum
- Description: an Italian museum near Naples, devoted to the history of trains in Italy
- Also known as: “Museo Nazionale Ferroviario di Pietrarsa”, “Opificio di Pietrarsa”, “Pietrarsa railway museum”, “Reale Opificio Borbonico di Pietrarsa”, and “The National Railway Museum of Pietrarsa”
- Address: Via Pietrarsa, Napoli, 80146
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pietrarsa-San Giorgio a Cremano railway halt and Napoli San Giovanni–Barra railway station.
Pietrarsa-San Giorgio a Cremano railway halt
Railway station
Napoli San Giovanni–Barra railway station
Railway station
Portici-Ercolano railway station
Railway station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Giorgio a Cremano and Portici.
San Giorgio a Cremano
Town
Portici
Town
Barra
Suburb
Barra is an eastern quarter of Naples, southern Italy, with a population of some 40,000 inhabitants. Barra occupies the easternmost section of the territory of the comune of Naples, ranging from the sea to the slopes of Mount Vesuvius.
National Railway Museum of Pietrarsa
- Categories: railway museum, national museum, industry museum, technology museum, history museum, art museum, private museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Municipalità 6, Naples, Metropolitan Naples, Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
40.82197° or 40° 49′ 19″ north
Longitude
14.3202° or 14° 19′ 13″ east
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Operator
Fondazione F.S.
Open location code
8FGPR8CC+Q3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
railway=museum
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Lombard—“National Railway Museum of Pietrarsa” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Pietrarsa railway museum”
- French: “musée national ferroviaire de Pietrarsa”
- French: “Musée national ferroviaire de Pietrarsa”
- German: “Eisenbahnmuseum Pietrarsa”
- German: “Nationales Eisenbahnmuseum Pietrarsa”
- German: “Pietrarsa”
- Hungarian: “Pietrarsa vasúttörténeti múzeum”
- Italian: “Museo di Pietrarsa”
- Italian: “Museo Ferroviario di Pietrarsa”
- Italian: “Museo Nazionale delle Ferrovie di Pietrarsa”
- Italian: “Museo nazionale ferroviario di Pietrarsa”
- Lombard: “Musee ferroviari nazzional de Pietrarsa”
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