Villetta
Villetta is a park in Giugliano in Campania, Metropolitan Naples, Campania. Villetta is situated nearby to the park Piazza San Massimo, as well as near the church San Massimo e Santa Maria Goretti.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Licola railway station and Lake Avernus.
Licola railway station
Railway station
Licola railway station is situated 190 metres northwest of Villetta.
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. Lake Avernus is situated 3½ km south of Villetta.
Grotta di Cocceio
Cave
The Grotta di Cocceio is an ancient Roman tunnel nearly a kilometre in length connecting Lake Avernus with Cumae and dating from 38-36 BC. It was burrowed through the tuff stone of Monte Grillo by the architect Lucius Cocceius Auctus at the command of Agrippa who was in the process of converting the Lake into a military port, the Portus Julius. Grotta di Cocceio is situated 3 km south of Villetta.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Licola and Cumae.
Licola
Suburb
Licola is a land in the province of Naples which takes its name from Lago di Licola, a lake which formerly occupied part of the area. The current population of Licola ranges between 4000 and 5000.
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. Cumae is situated 3½ km south of Villetta.
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 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. Baiae is situated 6 km south of Villetta.
Villetta
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Giugliano in Campania, Metropolitan Naples, Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
40.87011° or 40° 52′ 12″ northLongitude
14.0604° or 14° 3′ 37″ eastOpen location code
8FGPV3C6+25OpenStreetMap ID
way 728831188OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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