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Herculaneum (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 40 48 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 40.8000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 014 20 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 14.3330 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located at foot of Mount Vesuvius; was a thriving resort during Roman times; destroyed, with Pompeii in 79 CE when Vesuvius erupted, as Herculaneum was still being rebuilt after an earthquake several years earlier. The ruins offer the best known evidence of ancient Roman private life; one of three sites grouped together in an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997 and noted for their well-preserved remains due to ash covering. The modern town of Ercolano is in part built on the ancient ruins of Herculaneum, but most of the ancient site, and the officially designated historical monument, lies south of the town center. |
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| Herculaneum (preferred,C,V,S)
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| Ercolano (C,V,Italian,U,N)
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| Scavi di Ercolano (C,V)
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| Herakleion (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U,N)
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............ | Greek name |
| Ἡράκλειον (C,V,Greek,U)
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Campania (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Napoli (province) (P) |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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ancient tradition connects its founding with Greek hero Heracles, but there is evidence of Oscan inhabitants in 6th cen. BCE |
| archaeological site (C) |
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ruins were discovered in 1709; noted for Villa of Papyri, basilica with murals, streets, houses & shops |
| World Heritage Site (C) |
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from 1997 |
| ancient site (C) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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| town (H) |
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made a Roman town 89 BCE |
| resort (H) |
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during ancient Roman period |
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Related geographic places: |
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| near/adjacent to .... |
Ercolano .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Italy, Campania, Napoli province) [7594441] |
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