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Piscina Mirabilis

The Piscina Mirabilis is an Ancient Roman cistern on the hill at the western end of the , southern . It ranks as one of the largest ancient cisterns built by the ancient Romans, compared to the largest Roman reservoir, the Yerebatan Sarayi in .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cento Camerelle and Lago Miseno.

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is situated 460 metres northeast of Piscina Mirabilis.

Lake
Photo: Denghiù, Public domain.
is a lake.

Islet
Photo: Denghiù, Public domain.
is a wreck of the crater of ; it is part of the comune of . It has been considered a small island since November 4, 1966, when, following a violent sea storm, the strip of sand that connected it to the mainland disappeared. is situated 800 metres southeast of Piscina Mirabilis.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Miseno and Miliscola.

Village
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is one of the frazioni of the municipality of in the . Known in ancient Roman times as Misenum, it is the site of a great Roman port.

Village
Photo: Denghiù, Public domain.
is a village.

Suburb
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was an ancient Roman town situated on the northwest shore of the and now in the comune of . It was a fashionable resort for centuries in antiquity, particularly towards the end of the Roman Republic, when it was reckoned as superior to , , and by wealthy Romans, who built villas here from 100 BC. is situated 3 km north of Piscina Mirabilis.

Piscina Mirabilis

Latitude
40.79518° or 40° 47′ 43″ north
Longitude
14.08029° or 14° 4′ 49″ east
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
Open location code
8FGPQ3WJ+34
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1241141330
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
12253533
Wiki­data ID
Q222410
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Piscina Mirabilis” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Piscina mirabilis”
  • Croatian: “Piscina Mirabilis”
  • Czech: “Piscina mirabilis”
  • Dutch: “Piscina Mirabilis”
  • French: “Piscina mirabilis”
  • German: “Piscina mirabilis”
  • Hungarian: “Piscina Mirabilis”
  • Italian: “Piscina mirabile”
  • Italian: “Piscina mirabilis”
  • Neapolitan: “Piscina mirabilis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Piscina Mirabilis”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Piscina Mirabilis”
  • Russian: “Бассейн Мирабилис”
  • Spanish: “Piscina mirabilis”
  • Tagalog: “Piscina Mirabilis”
  • Turkish: “Piscina mirabilis”
  • Turkish: “Piscina Mirabilis”
  • Ukrainian: “Басейн Мірабіліс”

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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 “Piscina Mirabilis”. Photo: Raboe001, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.