Basilica of Santa Maria a Pugliano
The Basilica of Santa Maria a Pugliano is the main church in Ercolano and the oldest church in the area around Mount Vesuvius. The church contains two pagan marble sarcophagi from the 2nd and 4th centuries AD, later adapted into Christian altars, probably in the 11th century.Photo: Dommaria, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: church building in Ercolano, Italy
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 1 km southwest of Basilica of Santa Maria a Pugliano.
Ercolano Scavi railway station
Railway station
Photo: Retaggio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ercolano Scavi railway station is situated 490 metres southeast of Basilica of Santa Maria a Pugliano.
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.
San Giorgio a Cremano
Town
Photo: Ferdinando Scala, CC BY-SA 3.0.
San Giorgio a Cremano is a city and comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, in the Southern Italian region of Campania. It is located on the foothills of Mount Vesuvius to the west of the volcano and the Tyrrhenian Sea, and is five kilometres to the south east of the centre of Naples.
Basilica of Santa Maria a Pugliano
- Categories: basilica, parish church, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Ercolano, Metropolitan Naples, Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
40.81235° or 40° 48′ 45″ northLongitude
14.3526° or 14° 21′ 9″ eastOpen location code
8FGPR963+W2OpenStreetMap ID
way 330535041OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q16531350
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Italian—“Basilica of Santa Maria a Pugliano” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “普利亚诺圣母圣殿”
- Indonesian: “Basilika Santa Maria di Pugliano, Ercolano”
- Italian: “basilica di Santa Maria a Pugliano”
- Italian: “Basilica di Santa Maria a Pugliano”
- Italian: “basilica di Santa Maria”
- Italian: “chiesa di Santa Maria a Pugliano”
- Italian: “chiesa di Santa Maria”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Piazza Pugliano and Parco Superiore.
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