Aeculanum
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Aeclanum (also spelled Aeculanum, , ) was an ancient town of Samnium, Southern Italy, about 25 km east-southeast of Beneventum, on the Via Appia. It lies in Passo di Mirabella, near the modern Mirabella Eclano.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Aeclanum
- Ancient site.native_name
- Aeculanum
- Ancient site.image
- Aeclanum (Thermae-01).jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- View of the thermae with the opus reticulatum brickwork
- Ancient site.map_type
- Italy
- Ancient site.location
- Mirabella Eclano, Province of Avellino
- Ancient site.region
- Campania
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.epochs
- Roman Republic – Byzantine Empire
- Ancient site.cultures
- Samnites – Ancient Rome
- Ancient site.archaeologists
- Italo Sgobbo
- Ancient site.management
- Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici di Salerno, Avellino, Benevento e Caserta
- Ancient site.public_access
- Yes
- Ancient site.website
- Aeclanum
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.child
- yes
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.Part_of
- Via Appia. Regina Viarum
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.ID
- 1708-011
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.Year
- 2024
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- Location
- History
- Bishopric
- Gallery
- References
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Aeclanum (also spelled Aeculanum, , ) was an ancient town of Samnium, Southern Italy, about 25 km east-southeast of Beneventum, on the Via Appia. It lies in Passo di Mirabella, near the modern Mirabella Eclano.
It is now an archaeological park.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aeculanum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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