Trepiccioni

Trepiccioni is a hamlet in Pozzuoli, Metropolitan Naples, Campania. Trepiccioni is situated nearby to the village Monterusciello, as well as near the suburb Licola.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Licola railway station and Lake Avernus.

Licola railway station

Railway station

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

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. Lake Avernus is situated 3½ km south of Trepiccioni.

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

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 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.

Trepiccioni

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Pozzuoli, Metropolitan Naples, Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude

40.86971° or 40° 52′ 11″ north

Longitude

14.07497° or 14° 4′ 30″ east

Open location code

8FGPV39F+VX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4140440778

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

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