Pompeii
Pompeii is in Campania, Italy, not far from Naples. Its major attraction is the ruined ancient Roman city of the same name, which was engulfed by Mt. Vesuvius in AD 79. This is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Photo: Matthias Süßen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Heinz-Josef Lücking, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Notable Places in the Area
Villa of the Mysteries
Photo: ElfQrin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Villa of the Mysteries is a well-preserved suburban ancient Roman villa on the outskirts of Pompeii, southern Italy.
House of the Faun
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The House of the Faun, constructed in the 2nd century BC during the Samnite period, was a grand Hellenistic palace that was framed by peristyle in Pompeii, Italy.
Temple of Apollo
The Temple of Apollo, also known as the Sanctuary of Apollo, is a Roman temple built in 120 BC and dedicated to the Greek and Roman god Apollo in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii, southern Italy.Localities in the Area
Torre Annunziata
Torre Annunziata is a commune in Metropolitan Naples, in the Campania region of Italy.Pompei
Photo: Colin W, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pompei or Pompeii is a city and commune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy, home of the ancient Roman ruins of Pompeii that are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Scafati
Scafati is a comune in the province of Salerno, in the Italian region of Campania.Pompeii
- Type: Locality
- Description: ancient Roman city near modern Naples, Italy
- Categories: archaeological site and ancient city
- Location: Pompei, Metropolitan Naples, Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.7517° or 40° 45' 6" northLongitude
14.4906° or 14° 29' 26" eastElevation
36 metres (118 feet)Open Location Code
8FGPQF2R+M6OpenStreetMap ID
node 4753980853OpenStreetMap Feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
3170336Wikidata ID
Q43332Pompeii Satellite Map
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- Afrikaans: Pompeii
- Afrikaans: Pompeji
- Albanian: Pompeii
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Pompēḯa
- Arabic: Pompeii
- Arabic: بومبي
- Arabic: مدينة بومبي الأثرية
- Aragonese: Pompeya
- Armenian: Բոմբէյ
- Armenian: Պոմպեյ
- Arpitan: Pompèi
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- Catalan: Ruïnes romanes de Pompeia
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- Chinese: 庞培城
- Chinese: 庞贝
- Chinese: 庞贝城
- Chinese: 潘沛依
- Chinese: 龐培城
- Chinese: 龐貝
- Chinese: 龐貝古城
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- Greek: Πομπηία
- Hebrew: פומפי
- Hebrew: פומפיי
- Hindi: पाम्पे
- Hindi: पोम्पेइ
- Hungarian: Pompei Scavi
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- Japanese: ポンペイ
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- Korean: 뽐뻬이
- Korean: 폼페이
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- Macedonian: Помпеја
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- Marathi: पॉँपेई
- Marathi: पॉंपेई
- Marathi: पॉम्पेई
- Mingrelian: პომპეი
- Narom: Pompéi
- Neapolitan: Pompei
- Neapolitan: Pumpei
- Neapolitan: Pumpeje
- Neapolitan: Scave archeologgece 'e Pumpeje
- Nepali: पोम्पेई
- Norwegian: Pompeii
- Norwegian Bokmål: Pompei
- Norwegian Bokmål: Pompeii
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Pompei
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- Norwegian Nynorsk: Pompeij
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Pompeji
- Panjabi: ਪੋਂਪੇਈ
- Persian: ویرانه های پمپئی
- Persian: پمپئی
- Persian: پمپی
- Persian: پمپیی
- Persian: پومپی
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- Tagalog: Pompeii
- Tagalog: Pompeya
- Tamil: பொம்பெயி
- Tamil: போம்பெய்
- Tatar: Помпеи
- Telugu: పాంపే
- Telugu: పాంపేయి
- Thai: Pompeii
- Thai: ปอมเปย์
- Thai: ปอมเปอี
- Thai: เมืองสวรรค์ ปอมเปอี
- Tibetan: པོམ་པེ་ཡི།
- Tosk Albanian: Pompeji
- Turkish: Pompei faciası
- Turkish: Pompeii
- Turkish: Pompeii Felaketi
- Ukrainian: Помпея
- Ukrainian: Помпеї
- Urdu: پامپے
- Urdu: پومپئی
- Urdu: پومپے
- Uzbek: Pompey
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- Western Armenian: Պոմպէյ
- Western Frisian: Pompeii
- Western Frisian: Pompejy
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- Wu Chinese: 庞贝
- Yue Chinese: 龐貝
- Pompei Antica
Other Places Named Pompeii
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