Scylletium
Scylletium, later Minervium and Colonia Minervia, was an ancient seaside city in present-day Calabria, southern Italy. Its ruins can be found at the frazione of Roccelletta in Borgia, near Catanzaro, facing the Gulf of Squillace.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: human settlement in Borgia, Calabria, Province of Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy
- Also known as: “Parco Archeologico di Scolacium”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Catanzaro Lido railway station and Santa Maria Di Porto Salvo (Catanzaro Lido).
Catanzaro Lido railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nicholas Gemini, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Catanzaro Lido railway station is one of the railway stations serving the city and comune of Catanzaro, capital of the Calabria region, southern Italy. Catanzaro Lido railway station is situated 2½ km northeast of Scylletium.
Santa Maria Di Porto Salvo (Catanzaro Lido)
Church
Photo: Nicholas Gemini, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Santa Maria Di Porto Salvo (Catanzaro Lido) is a church, which is situated 2 km northeast of Scylletium.
Catanzaro Lido railway station
Metro station
Photo: ShayParkman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Catanzaro Lido railway station is a metro station, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Scylletium.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Roccelletta and Catanzaro Lido.
Catanzaro Lido
Town
Photo: Nicholas Gemini, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Catanzaro Lido is a town, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Scylletium.
Copanello
Hamlet
Photo: Salvatore Migliari, CC BY 3.0.
Copanello or Copanello de Stalettì is a frazione of the municipality of Stalettì in the province of Catanzaro. It's a seaside resort on the Ionian coast nicknamed la perla dello Jonio catanzarese, i.e. the Pearl of the Ionian Sea of Catanzaro. Copanello is situated 5 km southwest of Scylletium.
Scylletium
- Categories: ruins, archaeological site, ancient city, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Borgia, Province of Catanzaro, Calabria, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
38.80774° or 38° 48′ 28″ northLongitude
16.59369° or 16° 35′ 37″ eastElevation
23 metres (75 feet)Open location code
8FCRRH5V+3FOpenStreetMap ID
way 170098139OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
10792287Wikidata ID
Q1084264
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Slovenian—“Scylletium” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Скілацыум”
- Bulgarian: “Скилациум”
- Bulgarian: “Сколациум”
- Bulgarian: “Сцилациум”
- Catalan: “Escilaceu”
- Catalan: “Escilacèum”
- Catalan: “Escil·lècion”
- Catalan: “Escolàcium”
- Danish: “Scolacium”
- Dutch: “Scylletium”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سيليشيام”
- French: “Scolacium”
- Greek: “Σκυλλήτιον Σκυλάκιον”
- Italian: “Parco archeologico di Scolacium”
- Italian: “Scolacium”
- Italian: “Scolatium”
- Italian: “Skylletion”
- Japanese: “シレチウム”
- Russian: “Скилаций”
- Russian: “Скилациум”
- Sicilian: “Scolacium”
- Slovenian: “Scolacium”
- Slovenian: “Scylletium”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Scylletium”. Photo: Michelvincenzo, CC BY-SA 4.0.