College of the Augustales
College of the Augustales is an archaeological site in Ercolano, Metropolitan Naples, Campania. College of the Augustales is situated nearby to House of the Tuscan Colonnade, as well as near the ruins statue base.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Roman religious building in Herculaneum, Naples
- Also known as: “(Ins VI, 21-24)” and “College of the Augustales (Herculaneum)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Herculaneum and Villa of the Papyri.
Herculaneum
Photo: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Herculaneum is a town close to Naples in Campania, Italy. It is named after the ruined Roman city which forms its main attraction. Herculaneum was destroyed by an eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in AD 79, the same eruption that destroyed Pompeii.
Villa of the Papyri
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Villa of the Papyri was an ancient Roman villa in Herculaneum, in what is now Ercolano, southern Italy. It is named after its unique library of papyri scrolls, discovered in 1750. Villa of the Papyri is situated 240 metres west of College of the Augustales.
Central Baths
Archaeological site
Photo: Mentnafunangann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Central Baths is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ercolano and Portici.
Ercolano
Town
Photo: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ercolano is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania of Southern Italy. It lies at the western foot of Mount Vesuvius, on the Bay of Naples, just southeast of the city of Naples.
Portici
Town
Photo: Ferdinando Scala, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Portici is a town and municipality of the Metropolitan City of Naples in the region of Campania in Italy. It has 51,351 inhabitants.
Torre del Greco
Town
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Torre del Greco is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples in Italy, with a population of c. 85,000 as of 2016. The locals are sometimes called Corallini because of the once plentiful coral in the nearby sea, and because the city has been a major producer of coral jewellery and cameo brooches since the seventeenth century. Torre del Greco is situated 2½ km southeast of College of the Augustales.
College of the Augustales
- Categories: religious building, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Ercolano, Metropolitan Naples, Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
40.80673° or 40° 48′ 24″ northLongitude
14.34782° or 14° 20′ 52″ eastOpen location code
8FGPR84X+M4OpenStreetMap ID
way 168362546OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q16542950
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“College of the Augustales” goes by many names.
- French: “Collège des Augustales”
- German: “Augustakenkolleg”
- German: “Collegio degli Augustali”
- Italian: “Collegio degli Augustali”
- Italian: “sede degli Augustali”
- Latin: “Collegium Augustalium”
- Spanish: “Colegio de los Agustales”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include House of the Tuscan Colonnade and statue base.
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