Trepiccioni

Places of Interest

Lake Avernus

Lake

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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. Lake Avernus is situated 3½ km south of Trepiccioni.

Licola railway station

Railway station

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Grotta di Cocceio

Cave

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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 3 km south of Trepiccioni.

Places in the Area

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 in and around modern Cuma, an area divided between the neighboring comuni of Pozzuoli and Bacoli, in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania. Cumae is situated 4 km southwest of Trepiccioni.

Quarto

Town

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Quarto is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 11 km northwest of Naples. Quarto borders the following municipalities: Giugliano in Campania, Marano di Napoli, Naples, Pozzuoli, Villaricca. Quarto is situated 6 km east of Trepiccioni.

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