Villa Vergiliana: Vergilian Society

Villa Vergiliana: Vergilian Society is a building in Bacoli, Metropolitan Naples, Campania which is located on Via Cuma. Villa Vergiliana: Vergilian Society is situated nearby to the archaeological site Cumae amphitheatre, as well as near the bus station Capolinea Cuma Scavi.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cumae amphitheatre and Grotta di Cocceio.

Cumae amphitheatre

Archaeological site

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Cumae amphitheatre is an archaeological site.

Grotta di Cocceio

Cave

Photo: Ruthven, CC0.

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 580 metres northeast of Villa Vergiliana: Vergilian Society.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cumae and Baiae.

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 in and around modern Cuma, an area divided between the neighboring comuni of Pozzuoli and Bacoli, in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania.

Baiae

Suburb

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Baiae is 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 3 km southeast of Villa Vergiliana: Vergilian Society.

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. Licola is situated 3½ km north of Villa Vergiliana: Vergilian Society.

Villa Vergiliana: Vergilian Society

Type: Research
Address: Via Cuma 320, Bacoli, 80070
Categories: building, office, and education
Location: Bacoli, Metropolitan Naples, Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude

40.84197° or 40° 50′ 31″ north

Longitude

14.05687° or 14° 3′ 25″ east

Open location code

8FGPR3R4+QP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 736930752

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

office=research

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