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Villa of Lucullus

The villa of Lucullus was an extensive and sumptuous ancient Roman villa built in the first century BC in by the famous gourmet, general and consul Lucius Licinius Lucullus.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: archaeological site in Naples, Italy
  • Also known as: “Lucullus‘ villa in Naples” and “Resti della Villa di Licinio Lucullo”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Monte Echia and Castel dell’Ovo.

Peak
Photo: Sordelli, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a rocky promontory, entirely made of yellow tuff, located in the Pizzofalcone area, in the district of . This promontory projects into the between the Borgo Santa Lucia to the east, the basin to the west, and overlooks the Megaride islet to the south.

Castle
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Castel dell'Ovo is a seafront castle in , located on the former island of Megaride, now a peninsula, on the in Italy. The castle's name comes from a legend about the Roman poet Virgil, who had a reputation in the Middle Ages as a great sorcerer and predictor of the future. is situated 380 metres south of Villa of Lucullus.

Church
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or Santa Maria del Porto is a church in Borgo Santa Lucia of , Italy. The church was founded in 1576 by the inhabitants of the quartiere, and dedicated to the Madonna della Catena, an important Marian cult in Naples and Sicily.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Ferdinando and Quartieri Spagnoli.

Suburb
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is a southern district of , with a population of about 18,000.

Neighborhood
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is an area of the city of , . The area, encompassing c. 800,000 square metres, consists of a grid of around eighteen streets by twelve, including a population of some 14,000 inhabitants.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood of , southern Italy. The area centers roughly on the square called Piazza Carità and the metal monument to Salvo D'Acquisto at the northern end of the of the city; the area stretches along the main…

Villa of Lucullus

Latitude
40.83115° or 40° 49′ 52″ north
Longitude
14.24795° or 14° 14′ 53″ east
Open location code
8FGPR6JX+F5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11846926045
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q4012739
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In Other Languages

From Croatian to Japanese—“Villa of Lucullus” goes by many names.
  • Croatian: “Lukulova vila”
  • Dutch: “Villa van Lucius Lucullus”
  • Dutch: “Villa van Lucullus”
  • French: “villa de Lucullus”
  • French: “Villa de Lucullus”
  • Italian: “Villa di Licinio Lucullo”
  • Japanese: “カステルム・ルクラヌム”

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Highlights include Immacolata a Pizzofalcone and Villa Ebe.

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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 “Villa of Lucullus”. Photo: MentNFG, CC BY-SA 4.0.