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| Location | Torre Annunziata, Province of Naples, Campania, Italy |
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| Coordinates | 40°45′25″N 14°27′11″E / 40.757°N 14.453°E |
| Site notes | |
| Management | Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei |
| Website | Oplontis (in Italian) |
| Official name | Archaeological Areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Torre Annunziata |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | iii, iv, v |
| Designated | 1997 (21st session) |
| Reference no. | 829 |
| Region | Europe and North America |
Oplontis is an ancient Roman archaeological site, located in the town of Torre Annunziata, south of Naples in the Campania region of southern Italy.[1] The excavated site comprises two Roman villas, the best-known of which is Villa A, the so-called Villa Poppaea.
Like the nearby towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum, Oplontis was buried in ash during the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.[2] However, the force of the eruption was even stronger than at these cities as not only roofs collapsed, but walls and columns were broken and pieces thrown sideways.[3]
- ^ "Oplontis – AD 79 eruption". sites.google.com. Archived from the original on 2017-01-07. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
- ^ "Oplontis". Retrieved 23 May 2017.
- ^ Oplontis: Villa A ("of Poppaea") at Torre Annunziata, Italy. John R. Clarke and Nayla K. Muntasser, c2014. p 771-