Villa Protiro

Villa Protiro is an archaeological site in Bacoli, Metropolitan Naples, Campania. Villa Protiro is situated nearby to the archaeological site Punta Epitaffio nymphaeum, as well as near Villa dei Pisoni.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Punta Epitaffio nymphaeum and Baia railway station.

Punta Epitaffio nymphaeum

Archaeological site

Photo: Ruthven, CC0.

Punta Epitaffio nymphaeum is an archaeological site, which is situated 150 metres northeast of Villa Protiro.

Baia railway station is a railway station in Bacoli, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy. It is served by the Cumana railway line, managed by EAV. Baia railway station is situated 360 metres west of Villa Protiro.

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.

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 2½ km northwest of Villa Protiro.

Torregaveta

Village

Torregaveta is a frazione of the Italian comune of Monte di Procida, in the metropolitan city of Naples, in Campania. It has approximately one thousand inhabitants. Torregaveta is situated 2½ km southwest of Villa Protiro.

Villa Protiro

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Bacoli, Metropolitan Naples, Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude

40.82081° or 40° 49′ 15″ north

Longitude

14.07551° or 14° 4′ 32″ east

Open location code

8FGPR3CG+86

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4212201360

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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