Herculaneum
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.
- Archaeological site
- …lies at an elevation of 23 metres (75 feet)
- …is also known as “Scavi di Ercolano”
- …is partly wheelchair accessible
- …is operated by Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Pompei, Ercolano e Stabia
- Opening hours:
8:30 AM–3:30 PM
December 25: closed
January 1: closed - Description: Roman town destroyed by eruption of Mount Vesuvius
Places of Interest
Highlights include Villa of the Papyri and Villa Favorita.
Villa of the Papyri
Archaeological site
The Villa of the Papyri was an ancient Roman villa…
Villa Favorita
Public building
Villa Favorita, also known as Real Villa della…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Torre del Greco and Ercolano.
Herculaneum
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Latitude
40.8054° or 40° 48′ 19″ north
Longitude
14.3472° or 14° 20′ 50″ east
Open location code
8FGPR84W+4V
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OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Herculaneum” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Herculaneum”
- Arabic: “هركولانيوم”
- Armenian: “Հերկուլանում”
- Balinese: “Hérculanéum”
- Basque: “Herkulano”
- Belarusian: “Геркуланум”
- Bengali: “হেরকুলেনিয়াম”
- Bulgarian: “Херкулан”
- Bulgarian: “Херкуланеум”
- Catalan: “Herculà”
- Catalan: “Herculaneum”
- Chinese: “赫库兰尼姆古城”
- Croatian: “Herculaneum”
- Croatian: “Herkulanej”
- Czech: “Herculaneum”
- Danish: “Herculaneum”
- Dutch: “Herculaneum”
- Egyptian Arabic: “هركولانيوم”
- Esperanto: “Herculaneum”
- Esperanto: “Herkulaneum”
- Esperanto: “Herkulano”
- Estonian: “Herculaneum”
- Finnish: “Herculaneum”
- French: “Herculaneum”
- French: “Herculanum”
- Galician: “Herculano”
- Georgian: “ჰერკულანუმი”
- German: “Herculaneum”
- German: “Herkulaneum”
- German: “Herkulanum”
- Greek: “Herculaneum”
- Greek: “Ερκολάνο”
- Greek: “Ερκουλάνεουμ”
- Greek: “Ηράκλεια”
- Greek: “Ηράκλειον”
- Hebrew: “הרקולנאום”
- Hebrew: “הרקולניאום”
- Hindi: “हरक्यूलेनियम”
- Hungarian: “Herculaneum”
- Icelandic: “Herculaneum”
- Indonesian: “Herculaneum”
- Italian: “Ercolano”
- Italian: “scavi archeologici di Ercolano”
- Italian: “Scavi archeologici di Ercolano”
- Italian: “scavi di Ercolano”
- Japanese: “ヘルクラネウム”
- Kazakh: “Геркуланум”
- Korean: “헤르쿨라네움”
- Latin: “Herculaneum”
- Latin: “Herculāneum”
- Latvian: “Herkulāna”
- Lithuanian: “Herkulanas”
- Lithuanian: “Herkulanėjas”
- Lithuanian: “Herkulaniumas”
- Luxembourgish: “Herculaneum”
- Macedonian: “Херкуланеум”
- Malay: “Herculaneum”
- Marathi: “हर्क्युलेनियम”
- Neapolitan: “Ercolano”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Herculanem”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Herculaneum”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Herculaneum”
- Norwegian: “Herculaneum”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Herculanum”
- Persian: “هرکولانوم”
- Persian: “هرکولانیوم”
- Polish: “Herculanum”
- Polish: “Herkulaneum”
- Polish: “Herkulanum”
- Portuguese: “Herculaneum”
- Portuguese: “Herculano”
- Romanian: “Herculaneum”
- Russian: “Геркулан”
- Russian: “Геркуланум”
- Sardinian: “Ercolanu”
- Scots: “Herculaneum”
- Serbian: “Херкуланеум”
- Serbian: “Херкуланум”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Herculaneum”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Herkulanej”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Herkulaneum”
- Slovak: “Herculaneum”
- Slovak: “Herkulaneum”
- Slovak: “Herkulanum”
- Slovenian: “Ercolano”
- Slovenian: “Herculaneum”
- Slovenian: “Herculanum”
- Slovenian: “Herkulanej”
- Slovenian: “Herkulaneum”
- Slovenian: “Herkulanum”
- Spanish: “Ercolano”
- Spanish: “Herculano”
- Swedish: “Herculaneum”
- Tagalog: “Erculano”
- Tagalog: “Herculano”
- Tajik: “Gerkulanum”
- Tajik: “Геркуланум”
- Tamil: “ஹெர்குலியம்”
- Thai: “Herculaneum”
- Thai: “เฮอร์คิวเลเนียม”
- Turkish: “Herculaneum”
- Turkish: “Herkulaneum”
- Ukrainian: “Геркуланум”
- Uzbek: “Gerkulanum”
- Vietnamese: “Herculaneum”
- Waray (Philippines): “Herculaneum”
- Welsh: “Herculaneum”
- Wu Chinese: “赫库兰尼姆古城”
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