Nuova Colmata

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

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.

Parco archeologico di Cuma

Archaeological site

Photo: Mentnafunangann, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Parco archeologico di Cuma is an archaeological site.

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

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 2½ km south of Nuova Colmata.

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. Baiae is situated 5 km south of Nuova Colmata.

Nuova Colmata

Type: Village
Category: locality
Location: Bacoli, Metropolitan Naples, Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude

40.86016° or 40° 51′ 37″ north

Longitude

14.05515° or 14° 3′ 19″ east

Open location code

8FGPV364+33

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4140440776

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

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