Herculaneum
Italy · settlement · 40°48'22.0"N 14°20'51.0"E
Herculaneum is a settlement in Italy, Roman town destroyed by eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Pyramason catalogues it as PYR-089984 at 40.80611, 14.34750 (40°48'22.0"N 14°20'51.0"E).
Recorded heritage designations: part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
There are 17 other catalogued sites within 5 km of it, 438 within 25 km and 623 within 50 km. That density is itself the finding: this is not an isolated monument but part of a worked landscape.
Open on the mapThe record
| Pyramason ID | PYR-089984 |
|---|---|
| Country | Italy |
| Classified as | settlement |
| Coordinates | 40.80611, 14.34750 |
| 40°48'22.0"N 14°20'51.0"E | |
| Sites within 25 km | 438 |
| Sites within 50 km | 623 |
What is around it
- Samnite House0.0 km
- House of the Skeleton0.1 km
- Galba's house0.1 km
- House of the Relief of Telephus0.1 km
- College of the Augustales (Herculaneum)0.1 km
- Casa della Gemma (Herculaneum)0.1 km
- Terrace and altar of M. Nonius Balbus0.1 km
- Temple of Venus at Herculaneum0.1 km
- The Fornici on the ancient beach (with the casts of the skeletons)0.1 km
- Villa of the Papyri0.2 km
Updates from the atlas
Further reading
English Wikipedia · Wikidata Q178813
Nearby on the atlas
- All catalogued pages in Italycountry hub
Distances are great-circle, from the coordinates Pyramason holds for each site.