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Torre Annunziata (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 40 45 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 40.7500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 014 27 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 14.4500 decimal degrees |
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Elevation: |
| 29.527 feet |
9.0000 meters |
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Note: Modern village on the site of an ancient site; was a very ancient settlement; was residential suburb of Pompeii in Roman times; structures included villas & bath establishments; was buried by eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE; 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. |
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| Torre Annunziata (preferred,C,V,Italian,U,N)
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| Torre Nunziata (C,V,Napoletano-Calabrese,U)
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| Oplonti (C,V)
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| Oplontis (H,V,Latin,U,N)
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Campania (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Napoli (province) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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modern town is built on ruins of ancient settlement |
| town (C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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| World Heritage Site (C) |
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from 1997 |
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Related geographic places: |
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| near/adjacent to .... |
Pompeii .......... (deserted settlement) |
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(World, Europe, Italy, Campania, Napoli province) [7004658] |
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