Geosito
Geosito is in Pozzuoli, Metropolitan Naples, Campania. Geosito is situated nearby to the forest Monte Nuovo, as well as near the post office Poste Italiane.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Monte Nuovo and Lucrinus Lacus.
Monte Nuovo
Volcano
Photo: Denghiù, Public domain.
Monte Nuovo is a cinder cone volcano within the Campi Flegrei caldera, near Naples, southern Italy. A series of damaging earthquakes and changes in land elevation preceded its only eruption, during the most recent part of the Holocene, which lasted from September 29 to October 6, 1538, when it was formed.
Lucrinus Lacus
Lake
Photo: Inviaggiocommons, Public domain.
Lucrinus Lacus or Lucrine Lake is a lake in Campania, southern Italy. It is less than one kilometre to the south of Lake Avernus and is separated from the Gulf of Pozzuoli by a narrow strip of land.
Lake Avernus
Lake
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lake Avernus is a volcanic crater lake located in the Avernus crater in the Campania region of southern Italy, around 4 kilometres west of Pozzuoli. It is near the volcanic field known as the Phlegraean Fields and comprises part of the wider Campanian volcanic arc.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baiae and Cumae.
Baiae
Suburb
Photo: Kleuske, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Baiae was an ancient Roman town situated on the northwest shore of the Gulf of Naples and now in the comune of Bacoli. It was a resort for centuries in antiquity, particularly towards the end of the Roman Republic, when it was reckoned as superior to Capri, Pompeii, and Herculaneum by wealthy Romans, who built villas here from 100 BC.
Cumae
Village
Photo: AlexanderVanLoon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cumae was the first ancient Greek colony of Magna Graecia on the mainland of Italy and was founded by settlers from Euboea in the 8th century BCE. It became a rich Roman city, the remains of which lie near the modern village of Cuma, a frazione of the comune Bacoli and Pozzuoli in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy. Cumae is situated 3 km west of Geosito.
Bacoli
Town
Photo: Denghiù, Public domain.
Bacoli is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region of Campania, located about 15 kilometres west of Naples. Bacoli is situated 4 km south of Geosito.
Geosito
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Category: tourism
- Location: Pozzuoli, Metropolitan Naples, Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
40.83249° or 40° 49′ 57″ northLongitude
14.08816° or 14° 5′ 17″ eastOpen location code
8FGPR3JQ+X7OpenStreetMap ID
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tourism=attraction
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