Parco sommerso di Baia
Parco sommerso di Baia is a nature reserve in Pozzuoli, Metropolitan Naples, Campania. Parco sommerso di Baia is situated nearby to the locality Punta Epitaffio, as well as near the village Lucrino.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: protected area in Italy (EUAP0849)
- Also known as: “Parco Archeologico Sommerso di Baia” and “parco sommerso di Baia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lake Avernus and Lucrinus Lacus.
Lake Avernus
Lake
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lake Avernus is a volcanic crater lake located in the Avernus crater in the Campania region of southern Italy, around 4 kilometres west of Pozzuoli. It is near the volcanic field known as the Phlegraean Fields and comprises part of the wider Campanian volcanic arc.
Lucrinus Lacus
Lake
Photo: Inviaggiocommons, Public domain.
Lucrinus Lacus or Lucrine Lake is a lake in Campania, southern Italy. It is less than one kilometre to the south of Lake Avernus and is separated from the Gulf of Pozzuoli by a narrow strip of land.
Monte Nuovo
Volcano
Photo: Denghiù, Public domain.
Monte Nuovo is a cinder cone volcano within the Campi Flegrei caldera, near Naples, southern Italy. A series of damaging earthquakes and changes in land elevation preceded its only eruption, during the most recent part of the Holocene, which lasted from September 29 to October 6, 1538, when it was formed.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bacoli and Cumae.
Bacoli
Town
Photo: Denghiù, Public domain.
Bacoli is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region of Campania, located about 15 kilometres west of Naples.
Cumae
Village
Photo: AlexanderVanLoon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cumae was the first ancient Greek colony of Magna Graecia on the mainland of Italy and was founded by settlers from Euboea in the 8th century BCE. It became a rich Roman city, the remains of which lie near the modern village of Cuma, a frazione of the comune Bacoli and Pozzuoli in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy.
Baiae
Suburb
Photo: Kleuske, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Baiae was an ancient Roman town situated on the northwest shore of the Gulf of Naples and now in the comune of Bacoli. It was a fashionable resort for centuries in antiquity, particularly towards the end of the Roman Republic, when it was reckoned as superior to Capri, Pompeii, and Herculaneum by wealthy Romans, who built villas here from 100 BC.
Parco sommerso di Baia
Latitude
40.8236° or 40° 49′ 25″ northLongitude
14.0851° or 14° 5′ 7″ eastInception
2002Open location code
8FGPR3FP+F3OpenStreetMap ID
way 414486526OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveWikidata ID
Q3895759
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Parco sommerso di Baia” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Underwater Archaeological Park of Baiae”
- French: “parc submergé de Baïes”
- French: “Parc submergé de Baïes”
- Italian: “parco archeologico dei Campi Flegrei - parco sommerso di Baia”
- Italian: “Parco archeologico sommerso di Baia”
- Italian: “parco sommerso di Baia”
- Italian: “Parco sommerso di Baia”
- Japanese: “バイア海底考古学公園”
- Spanish: “Parco sommerso di Baia”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Punta Epitaffio and Lucrino.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Secca Fumosa and Lucrino railway station.
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