Oplonti
Oplonti or Oplontis, current Torre Annunziata, is located a short distance from Pompei and Stabia. It constituted the suburban extension of Pompeii and, in the eruption of the 79 AD, he shared its fate.
Already in the eighteenth century the first ones were started excavations which brought to light part of what will later be considered later villa of Poppea, second wife of the emperor Nero.
Recent excavations
During the 1839 / 40 period other excavations were carried out, suspended later due to lack of funds. They were resumed again from the 1964 near the villa of Poppea. In the same area, in 1974, during the construction of a school, a new villa was brought to light Lucio Crasso Tertius.
The excavations have brought to light many bodies of the victims of the eruption and returned gold and silver coins and pieces of jewelry.
Oplonti, together with Pompeii ed Herculaneum it is one of the assets that UNESCO has declared World Heritage Site.
Information on the Oplonti excavations
Opening time:
- 08: 30 - 19.30 - from the 1 April to the 31 October
- 08: 30 - 17.00 - from the November 1 to the March 31
- 1 January, 1 May and 25 December closed
Price tickets:
- The 2 sites: Oplonti, Boscoreale (valid for 1 day): Full price € 7,00, Reduced € 4,00
- The 3 sites: Pompeii, Oplonti, Boscoreale (valid for 3 consecutive days and only for 1 entrance / visit per site): Full price € 18,00, Reduced € 10,00
- The entrance to the Ville di Stabia is free.
- Free on the first Sunday of each month
- On the official website all the facilities for entry
Contacts:
- Tel: 0818575347
- E-mail: pompei.info@beniculturali.it
- - excavations of Oplonti from the official site of the Superintendence for Archaeological Heritage of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabia
How to get:
- Address: Torre Annunziata (NA), Via dei Sepolcri
- By train: Naples - Salerno line, Torre Annunziata Centrale stop | Circumvesuviana: Naples - Poggiomarino line, Torre Annunziata - Oplontis stop | Naples - Sorrento line, Torre Annunziata Centrale - Oplontis stop | By car: A3 Napoli-Salerno motorway (Pompei west exit)
