Pollena Trocchia | |
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 Excavations at Pollena Trocchia | |
Location of Pollena Trocchia  | |
  Pollena Trocchia Location of Pollena Trocchia in Italy  Pollena Trocchia Pollena Trocchia (Campania) | |
| Coordinates: 40°51′N 14°23′E / 40.850°N 14.383°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Campania |
| Metropolitan city | Naples (NA) |
| Frazioni | Guindazzi, Musci, San Gennariello-Laurenzana, Tamburiello, Trocchia |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.1 km2 (3.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 149 m (489 ft) |
| Population (2018-01-01)[2] | |
| • Total | 13,478 |
| • Density | 1,700/km2 (4,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | Official website |
Pollena Trocchia is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 11 km east of Naples.
It was created in 1811 from two already existing villages, Pollena and Trocchia, both of Samnite-Etruscan origin. Pollena took its name from the cult of Apollo, who had an important temple here in the Roman and pre-Roman ages. Both were destroyed by the 1631 eruption of Vesuvius.
The baths of an ancient Roman villa were discovered at Masseria De Carolis in Pollena Trocchia in 1988 and subsequently exposed.
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.