Villa of the Mysteries
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.
- Tourist attraction
- …lies at an elevation of around 30 metres (100 feet)
- Description: building in Pompei, Italy
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Villa of Diomedes and House of the Faun.
Villa of Diomedes
The Villa of Diomedes is an ancient Roman villa near Pompeii, Italy. Villa of Diomedes is situated 170 metres southeast of Villa of the Mysteries.
House of the Faun
The House of the Faun, constructed in the 2nd century… House of the Faun is situated 650 metres southeast of Villa of the Mysteries.
House of Sallust
The House of Sallust was an elite residence in the… House of Sallust is situated 510 metres southeast of Villa of the Mysteries.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pompeii and Rovigliano.
Torre Annunziata
Torre Annunziata is a commune in Metropolitan Naples, in the Campania region of Italy.
Villa of the Mysteries
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Latitude
40.75372° or 40° 45′ 13″ north
Longitude
14.47753° or 14° 28′ 39″ east
Open location code
8FGPQF3H+F2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Villa of the Mysteries” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فيلا الأسرار”
- Arabic: “فيلا الألغاز”
- Basque: “Misterioen Etxea”
- Belarusian: “Віла Містэрый”
- Breton: “Villa dei Misteri”
- Catalan: “Vil·la dels Misteris”
- Chinese: “神秘別墅”
- Croatian: “Vila misterija”
- Czech: “Vila Mystérií”
- Czech: “Villa dei Misteri”
- Dutch: “Villa of the Mysteries”
- Finnish: “Mysteerien huvila”
- French: “Villa dei Misteri”
- French: “Villa des Mystères”
- German: “Mysterienvilla”
- German: “Villa dei Misteri”
- German: “Villa der Mysterien”
- German: “Villa Item”
- Greek: “Έπαυλη των Μυστηρίων”
- Hebrew: “וילת המסתורין”
- Indonesian: “Vila Misteri”
- Indonesian: “Villa dei Misteri”
- Italian: “Villa dei Misteri”
- Japanese: “秘儀荘（ヴィラ・デイ・ミステリ）”
- Japanese: “秘儀荘”
- Latin: “Villa Mysteriorum”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mysterievillaen”
- Norwegian: “Mysterievillaen”
- Persian: “ویلای اسرار”
- Polish: “Willa z Misteriami”
- Portuguese: “Vila dos Mistérios”
- Russian: “Вилла Мистерий”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Vila misterija”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Villa dei Misteri”
- Slovak: “Vila Mystérií”
- Slovenian: “Vila misterijev, Pompeji”
- Slovenian: “Vila misterijev”
- Spanish: “Villa de los Misterios”
- Ukrainian: “Вілла Містерій”
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