Villa of the Papyri

The Villa of the Papyri was an ancient Roman villa in , in what is now , southern . It is named after its unique library of papyri scrolls, discovered in 1750.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: ancient Roman villa in Ercolano, Italy
  • Also known as: “Villa of the Pisoni”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Herculaneum and College of the Augustales.

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is a town close to in , . It is named after the ruined Roman city which forms its main attraction. was destroyed by an eruption of Mt. in AD 79, the same eruption that destroyed .

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site, which is situated 240 metres east of Villa of the Papyri.

Ruins
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is a ruins, which is situated 150 metres southeast of Villa of the Papyri.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ercolano and Portici.

Town
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is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, of . It lies at the western foot of , on the Bay of Naples, just southeast of the city of Naples.

Town
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is a town and municipality of the Metropolitan City of Naples in the region of in . It has 51,351 inhabitants.

Town
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is a city and comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, in the region of . It is located on the foothills of to the west of the volcano and the , and is five kilometres to the south east of the centre of . is situated 2½ km north of Villa of the Papyri.

Villa of the Papyri

Latitude
40.80719° or 40° 48′ 26″ north
Longitude
14.34499° or 14° 20′ 42″ east
Open location code
8FGPR84V+VX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 340881491
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q1347586
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Villa of the Papyri” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Պապիրուսների վիլլա”
  • Asturian: “Villa de los Papiros”
  • Belarusian: “Віла Папірусаў”
  • Bulgarian: “Вила на папирусите”
  • Bulgarian: “Вила на Папирусите”
  • Catalan: “Vila dels Papirs”
  • Catalan: “Vil·la dels Papirs”
  • Chinese: “纸草园”
  • Chinese: “莎草紙別墅”
  • Czech: “Vila papyrů”
  • Danish: “Papyrussernes Villa”
  • Danish: “Papyrusvillaen”
  • Dutch: “Villa van de Papyri”
  • Estonian: “Papüüruste villa”
  • Finnish: “Papyrusten huvila”
  • Finnish: “Papyrusten villa”
  • Finnish: “Villa dei papiri”
  • Finnish: “Villa Papyri”
  • French: “Villa des Papyri”
  • French: “villa des Papyrus”
  • French: “Villa des Papyrus”
  • German: “Papyri Herculanenses”
  • German: “Papyrus Herculanensis”
  • German: “Papyrusvilla”
  • German: “Pisonenvilla”
  • German: “Villa dei Papiri”
  • Greek: “Βίλα των Παπύρων”
  • Greek: “Βίλα των Πεισώνων στο Ερκουλάνεουμ”
  • Greek: “Η Βίλα των Παπύρων”
  • Hebrew: “וילת הפפירוסים”
  • Indonesian: “Vila Papirus”
  • Indonesian: “Villa dei Papiri”
  • Italian: “Casa dei Papiri”
  • Italian: “Villa dei Papiri”
  • Italian: “Villa dei Pisoni”
  • Japanese: “ヴィラ・ディ・パピリ”
  • Japanese: “パピリのヴィラ”
  • Japanese: “パピリの館”
  • Japanese: “パピルスのウィラ”
  • Japanese: “パピルス荘”
  • Latin: “Villa Papyrorum”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Villa dei Papyri”
  • Norwegian: “Villa dei Papyri”
  • Pampanga: “Villa da reng papyrus”
  • Pampanga: “Villa da reng Papyrus”
  • Persian: “ویلای پاپیروس‌ها”
  • Polish: “Willa Papirusów”
  • Portuguese: “Vila dos papiros”
  • Portuguese: “Vila dos Papiros”
  • Russian: “Вилла Папирусов”
  • Serbian: “Вила папируса”
  • Slovenian: “Vila papirusov”
  • Spanish: “Villa de los Papiros”
  • Swedish: “Villa dei Papiri”
  • Swedish: “Villa dei Papyri”
  • Turkish: “Villa dei Papiri”
  • Ukrainian: “Вілла Папірусів”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Genio’s house and Villa Comunale.

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