Pompeii

Pompeii is in , Italy, not far from . The ruined ancient Roman city of the same name was engulfed by Mt. in AD 79, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • Locality
  • …lies at an elevation of around 40 metres (120 feet)
  • …is also known as “Pompei Antica”
  • Description: ancient Roman city near modern Naples, Italy

Places of Interest

Highlights include Villa of the Mysteries and House of the Faun.
The , constructed in the 2nd century…
The Temple of Apollo, also known as the Sanctuary…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Torre Annunziata and Pompei.
, also known in English as Pompeii after the…
Town
is a comune in the , in the region of .
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Latitude
40.7517° or 40° 45′ 6″ north
Longitude
14.4906° or 14° 29′ 26″ east
Open location code
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Pompeii” goes by many names.
PompeiiAfrikaans
PompejiAfrikaans
PompeiiAlbanian
PompēḯaAncient Greek (to 1453)
بومبيArabic
مدينة بومبي الأثريةArabic
PompeyaAragonese
ՊոմպեյArmenian
PompèiArpitan
পম্পেইAssamese
PompeyaAsturian
PompeyAzerbaijani
PompéiiBalinese
ПомпеиBashkir
PompeiaBasque
PonpeiaBasque
ПампеіBelarusian
ПампэіBelarusian
পম্পেইBengali
পম্পেই নগরিBengali
PompejiBosnian
PompeiBreton
ПомпейBulgarian
ပွန်ပေBurmese
PompeiaCatalan
PompeisCatalan
Ruïnes romanes de PompeiaCatalan
پۆمپیCentral Kurdish
ПомпеиChechen
庞培城Chinese
庞贝Chinese
庞贝城Chinese
龐培城Chinese
龐貝古城Chinese
龐貝城Chinese
潘沛依Chinese
PompejiCroatian
PompejeCzech
PompejiDanish
PompeïDutch
بومبىEgyptian Arabic
PompejiEsperanto
PompejoEsperanto
PompeiEstonian
PompejiEstonian
PmpeiEtruscan
PumpaiEtruscan
PompeijiFinnish
PompejiFinnish
PompeiaGalician
პომპეიGeorgian
ΠομπηίαGreek
PompeiiHausa
פומפיHebrew
פומפייHebrew
पाम्पेHindi
पोम्पेइHindi
Pompei ScaviHungarian
PompeiiHungarian
PompejHungarian
PompejiHungarian
PompeiIcelandic
PompeiiIcelandic
PompeyiIdo
PompejiInari Sami
PompeiiIndonesian
PompeiiIrish
PompeiItalian
Pompei anticaItalian
Scavi archeologici di PompeiItalian
ポンペーイJapanese
ポンペイJapanese
PompeiiJavanese
PompéiJèrriais
ПомпеиKazakh
ПомпейKirghiz
뽐뻬이Korean
폼페이Korean
ປອມເປLao
ປອມເປ (Pompeii)Lao
PompeiiLatin
PompejaLatvian
PompejasLatvian
PompejiLatvian
PompeïLimburgan
龐貝故城Literary Chinese
PompėjaLithuanian
PompėjaiLithuanian
PompeiLombard
PompeiiLow German
PompejiLuxembourgish
ПомпејаMacedonian
PompeiiMalay
പോംപൈMalayalam
पॉंपेईMarathi
पॉम्पेईMarathi
پومپیاMazanderani
პომპეიMingrelian
PumpeiNeapolitan
PumpejeNeapolitan
Scave archeologgece ’e PumpejeNeapolitan
पोम्पेईNepali
PompeiiNorwegian
PompeiiNorwegian Bokmål
PompeiiNorwegian Nynorsk
PompeijNorwegian Nynorsk
PompejiNorwegian Nynorsk
PompèiOccitan (post 1500)
ПомпеиOssetian
ਪੋਂਪੇਈPanjabi
پمپئیPersian
پمپیPersian
پمپییPersian
پومپیPersian
ویرانه های پمپئیPersian
PompéiPicard
PompejaPolish
PompejePolish
PompeiRomanian
PompeiiRomanian
PompeiRomansh
ПомпеиRussian
PompeiiScots
ПомпејаSerbian
ПомпејиSerbian
PompejiSerbo-Croatian
PompèiSicilian
PompejeSlovak
PompêjiSlovenian
پومپئیSouth Azerbaijani
پومپئی (آنتیک شهر)South Azerbaijani
PompeiiSundanese
PompeiSwahili
PompeijSwedish
PompejSwedish
PompejiSwedish
PompejiSwiss German
PompeyaTagalog
போம்பெய்Tamil
ПомпеиTatar
పాంపేTelugu
పాంపేయిTelugu
ปอมเปย์Thai
ปอมเปอีThai
เมืองสวรรค์ ปอมเปอีThai
པོམ་པེ་ཡི།Tibetan
Pompei faciasıTurkish
PompeiiTurkish
Pompeii FelaketiTurkish
ПомпеїUkrainian
ПомпеяUkrainian
پامپےUrdu
پومپئیUrdu
پومپےUrdu
PompeyUzbek
PompeiiVietnamese
PompeiiWaray (Philippines)
PompeiiWelsh
ԲոմբէյWestern Armenian
ՊոմպէյWestern Armenian
PompeïWestern Frisian
PompejyWestern Frisian
庞贝Wu Chinese
龐貝Yue Chinese
龐貝古城Yue Chinese
ma tomo Ponpewi

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