Terrace of Nonius Balbus
Terrace of Nonius Balbus is an archaeological site in Ercolano, Metropolitan Naples, Campania. Terrace of Nonius Balbus is situated nearby to the archaeological site Suburban Baths, as well as near House of Granianus.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Common land
- Description: an honorific complex located in the archaeological site of Herculaneum
- Also known as: “Terrace and altar of M. Nonius Balbus” and “Terrazza di Marco Nonio Balbo”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Herculaneum and Suburban Baths.
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.
Suburban Baths
Archaeological site
Photo: Mboesch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Suburban Baths is an archaeological site.
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 250 metres northwest of Terrace of Nonius Balbus.
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 Terrace of Nonius Balbus.
Terrace of Nonius Balbus
- Categories: archaeological site, altar, recreation area, and historic site
- Location: Ercolano, Metropolitan Naples, Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
40.80533° or 40° 48′ 19″ northLongitude
14.34665° or 14° 20′ 48″ eastOpen location code
8FGPR84W+4MOpenStreetMap ID
way 310364908OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=commonWikidata ID
Q83636890
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In Other Languages
“Terrace of Nonius Balbus” goes by many names.
- Italian: “Ara di Marco Nonio Balbo”
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Highlights include House of the Stags and House of the Gem.
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