Parco Archeologico di Ercolano
Parco Archeologico di Ercolano is an archaeological site in Ercolano, Metropolitan Naples, Campania. Parco Archeologico di Ercolano is situated nearby to the archaeological site Suburban Baths, as well as near Villa of the Papyri.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Herculaneum and Villa of the Papyri.
Herculaneum
Photo: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Herculaneum is a town close to Naples in Campania, Italy. It is named after the ruined Roman city which forms its main attraction. Herculaneum was destroyed by an eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in AD 79, the same eruption that destroyed Pompeii.
Villa of the Papyri
Archaeological site
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The Villa of the Papyri was an ancient Roman villa in Herculaneum, in what is now Ercolano, southern Italy. It is named after its unique library of papyri scrolls, discovered in 1750. Villa of the Papyri is situated 230 metres northwest of Parco Archeologico di Ercolano.
Suburban Baths
Archaeological site
Photo: Mboesch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Suburban Baths is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ercolano and Portici.
Ercolano
Town
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Ercolano is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania of Southern Italy. It lies at the western foot of Mount Vesuvius, on the Bay of Naples, just southeast of the city of Naples.
Portici
Town
Photo: Ferdinando Scala, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Portici is a town and municipality of the Metropolitan City of Naples in the region of Campania in Italy. It has 51,351 inhabitants.
Torre del Greco
Town
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Torre del Greco is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples in Italy, with a population of c. 85,000 as of 2016. The locals are sometimes called Corallini because of the once plentiful coral in the nearby sea, and because the city has been a major producer of coral jewellery and cameo brooches since the seventeenth century. Torre del Greco is situated 2½ km southeast of Parco Archeologico di Ercolano.
Parco Archeologico di Ercolano
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Ercolano, Metropolitan Naples, Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
40.80584° or 40° 48′ 21″ northLongitude
14.34713° or 14° 20′ 50″ eastElevation
40 metres (131 feet)Open location code
8FGPR84W+8VGeoNames ID
13546395
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