Oplontis

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Archaeological Areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Torre Annunziata*
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Type Cultural
Criteria iii, iv, v
Reference 829
Region† Europe and North America
Coordinates 40°45′11″N 14°27′11″E / 40.753, 14.453Coordinates: 40°45′11″N 14°27′11″E / 40.753, 14.453
Inscription history
Inscription 1997  (21st Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List.
† Region as classified by UNESCO.
Oplontis and other cities affected by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The black cloud represents the general distribution of ash and cinder. Modern coast lines are shown.
Oplontis and other cities affected by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The black cloud represents the general distribution of ash and cinder. Modern coast lines are shown.

Oplontis was a town near Pompeii, Italy. On August 24, 79, Mt. Vesuvius erupted and buried it under a layer of ash. It is today the location of the Villa Poppaea, the villa of the wife of the Emperor Nero, which was excavated in the middle of the twentieth century and is open to the public.

A second villa, the Villa of L. Crassius Tertius, was discovered in 1974, 250m east of the Villa of Poppaea, during the construction of a school. It was named following the finding of a bronze seal bearing the aforementioned name.

The name Oplontis most likely refers to the baths in the area of Oncino, but today the name commonly covers the group of villas in the middle of the modern town of Torre Annunziata.

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