Lido di Licola

Lido di Licola is a suburb in Giugliano in Campania, Metropolitan Naples, Campania. Lido di Licola is situated nearby to the hamlet Cantiere, as well as near the village Nuova Colmata.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Licola railway station and Grotta di Cocceio.

Licola railway station

Railway station

Photo: Mikhail (Vokabre) Shcherbakov, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Grotta di Cocceio is an ancient Roman tunnel nearly a kilometre in length connecting Lake Avernus with Cumae and dating from 38-36 BC. It was burrowed through the tuff stone of Monte Grillo by the architect Lucius Cocceius Auctus at the command of Agrippa who was in the process of converting the Lake into a military port, the Portus Julius. Grotta di Cocceio is situated 3½ km southeast of Lido di Licola.

Cuma railway station

Railway station

Photo: Cristianrodenas, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cuma railway station is situated 3 km south of Lido di Licola.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Licola and Cumae.

Licola

Suburb

Licola is a land in the province of Naples which takes its name from Lago di Licola, a lake which formerly occupied part of the area. The current population of Licola ranges between 4000 and 5000.

Cumae

Village

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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 4 km south of Lido di Licola.