Phlegraean Fields

The Phlegraean Fields is a large volcanic caldera west of , . The Neapolitan Yellow Tuff eruption produced just 50 cubic kilometers. It is, however, one of relatively few volcanoes large enough to form a caldera.
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  • Type: Volcano
  • Description: volcanic region located in the Gulf of Pozzoles, west of Naples, Italy
  • Also known as: “Campi Flegrei”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Solfatara and Flavian Amphitheater.

Volcano
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is a shallow volcanic crater at , near , part of the volcanic area. It is a volcano, which emits jets of steam with sulfurous fumes.

Archaeological site
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The , located in , is the third-largest Roman amphitheater in Italy. Only the and the are larger.

Archaeological site
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The was the macellum or market building of the Roman colony of Puteoli, now the city of in southern . When first excavated in the 18th century, the discovery of a statue of Serapis led to the building being misidentified as the city's or Temple of Serapis.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pozzuoli and Fuorigrotta.

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is a city and comune of the Metropolitan City of Naples, in the region of . It is the main city of the Phlegrean Peninsula. , known in antiquity as Puteoli, was established in 531 BC as the Greek colony of Dicaearchia by refugees fleeing the tyranny of Polycrates on .

Suburb
is a western suburb of , southern Italy. Covering an area of 6,2 km2, it is the most populated suburb of the city.

Suburb
is a western suburb of Naples, southern Italy. It is bounded on one side by the area of and on the other side by the outskirts of the town of .

Phlegraean Fields

Latitude
40.8275° or 40° 49′ 39″ north
Longitude
14.1402° or 14° 8′ 25″ east
Open location code
8FGPR4GR+X3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4948370721
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
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Wiki­data ID
Q755123
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Phlegraean Fields” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Campi Flegrei”
  • Arabic: “كامبي فليغري”
  • Aragonese: “Campos Flegreus”
  • Bashkir: “Флегрей яландары”
  • Basque: “Campi Flegrei”
  • Belarusian: “Флягрэйскія палі”
  • Bengali: “ফ্লেগ্রেই ক্ষেত্র”
  • Breton: “Maeziennoù Flegrean”
  • Catalan: “Campi Flegrei”
  • Catalan: “Camps Flegreus”
  • Cebuano: “Campi Flegrei”
  • Chechen: “Флегрейн аренаш”
  • Chinese: “坎皮佛萊格瑞”
  • Chinese: “坎皮弗莱格雷”
  • Chinese: “坎皮弗萊格雷”
  • Chuvash: “Флегрей талккăшĕ”
  • Czech: “Campi Flegrei”
  • Czech: “Flegrejská pole”
  • Danish: “Campi Flegrei”
  • Dutch: “Campi Flegrei”
  • Dutch: “Flegreische Velden”
  • Dutch: “Flegreïsche Velden”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كامبى فليجرى”
  • Esperanto: “Campi Flegrei”
  • Esperanto: “Flegreaj Kampoj”
  • Finnish: “Campi Flegrei”
  • French: “Campi Flegrei”
  • French: “Champs Flégréens”
  • French: “Champs Phlegreens”
  • French: “Champs Phlégréens”
  • German: “Campi Flegrei”
  • German: “Phlegräische Felder”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Campi Flegrei”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Phlegraean Fields”
  • Greek: “Φλεγραία Πεδία”
  • Hausa: “Filin Phlegraean”
  • Hebrew: “קמפי פלגריי”
  • Hindi: “फ्लेग्रीयन फील्ड्स”
  • Hungarian: “Campi Flegrei”
  • Inari Sami: “Campi Flegrei”
  • Indonesian: “Campi Flegrei”
  • Italian: “Campi Flegrei”
  • Japanese: “カンピ・フレグレイ”
  • Japanese: “フレグレイ平野”
  • Kashmiri: “فلیگرٛیٖن فیٖلڈٕز”
  • Kazakh: “Флегрей алаңдары”
  • Kirghiz: “Флегрей талаалары”
  • Korean: “캄피 플레그레이”
  • Ladin: “Campi Flegrei”
  • Ladin: “Phlegraean Fields”
  • Lao: “ທົ່ງເຟລເກຣອີ”
  • Latin: “Phlegraei campi”
  • Latvian: “Flegrejas lauki”
  • Lombard: “Camp Flegree”
  • Macedonian: “Флегрејски Полиња”
  • Malay: “Campi Flegrei”
  • Manx: “Campi Flegrei”
  • Manx: “ny Magheryn Phlegraeagh”
  • Manx: “Ny Magheryn Phlegraeagh”
  • Marathi: “कॅम्पी फ्लेग्रेई”
  • Mingrelian: “ფლეგრეიშ ველეფი”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “كامي فيليڭري”
  • Neapolitan: “Campe Flegree”
  • Neapolitan: “Campi Flegrei”
  • Northern Frisian: “Campi Flegrei”
  • Northern Frisian: “Phlegreesk Fialen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Campi Flegrei”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “De flegreiske feltene”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Campi Flegrei”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den flegreiske sletta”
  • Norwegian: “Campi Flegrei”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Campi Flegrei”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Camps Flegrèus”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੈਂਪੀ ਫਲੇਗਰੀ”
  • Persian: “منطقه فلگریا”
  • Piemontese: “Camp Flegrei”
  • Polish: “Campi Flegrei”
  • Polish: “Pola Flegrejskie”
  • Portuguese: “Campi Flegrei”
  • Portuguese: “Campos Flégreos”
  • Romanian: “Campi Flegrei”
  • Russian: “Флегрейские поля”
  • Serbian: “Флегрејска поља”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Campi Flegrei”
  • Slovak: “Campi Flegrei”
  • Slovak: “Flegrejské polia”
  • Slovenian: “Campi Flegrei”
  • Slovenian: “Flegrejska polja”
  • Slovenian: “Flegrejske poljane”
  • Slovenian: “Phlegraei campi”
  • Spanish: “Campos Flegreos”
  • Spanish: “Campos Flégreos”
  • Spanish: “Peninsula Flegrea”
  • Spanish: “Península Flegrea”
  • Spanish: “Region flegrea”
  • Spanish: “Región flégrea”
  • Spanish: “Zona flegrea”
  • Spanish: “Zona flégrea”
  • Swedish: “Campi Flegrei calderan”
  • Swedish: “Campi Flegrei”
  • Swedish: “Flegreiska fälten”
  • Tagalog: “Campi Flegrei”
  • Tagalog: “Mga Larangang Flegreo”
  • Thai: “ทุ่งเฟลเกรอี”
  • Turkish: “Campi Flegrei”
  • Turkish: “Flegrei Ovası”
  • Ukrainian: “Флегрейські поля”
  • Ukrainian: “Флегрейські Поля”
  • Venetian: “Campi Flegrei”
  • Vietnamese: “Campi Flegrei”
  • Vietnamese: “Cánh đồng Phlegraei”
  • Welsh: “Campi Flegrei”
  • Western Frisian: “Campi Flegrei”
  • Wu Chinese: “坎皮弗莱格雷”
  • Yue Chinese: “坎皮弗萊格雷”

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