House of the Bicentenary
House of the Bicentenary is a house in Ercolano, Metropolitan Naples, Campania. House of the Bicentenary is situated nearby to House of the Beautiful Courtyard, as well as near the archaeological site Shop with Apartment of Cominius.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: House
- Description: domus buried during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79, Ercolano, Naples
- Also known as: “Casa del Bicentenario”
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 280 metres west of House of the Bicentenary.
College of the Augustales
Archaeological site
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College of the Augustales is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ercolano and Portici.
Ercolano
Town
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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 House of the Bicentenary.
House of the Bicentenary
- Categories: domus, ancient Roman structure, building, archaeological site, historic site, and residential building
- Location: Ercolano, Metropolitan Naples, Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
40.80621° or 40° 48′ 22″ northLongitude
14.34811° or 14° 20′ 53″ eastOpen location code
8FGPR84X+F6OpenStreetMap ID
way 304680695OpenStreetMap feature
building=houseOpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q16537513
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In Other Languages
From French to Swedish—“House of the Bicentenary” goes by many names.
- French: “Casa del Bicentenario”
- German: “Casa del Bicentenario”
- Italian: “Casa del Bicentenario”
- Spanish: “Casa del Bicentenario”
- Swedish: “Casa del Bicentenario”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Shop with Apartment of Cominius and House of Neptune and Amphitrite.
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