Boscoreale

Boscoreale
Country	Italy
region	Campania
Metropolitan city	Naples  (NA)
Local name	Vuoscoriale
Coordinates	40 ° 46 ′  N , 14 ° 29 ′  E Coordinates: 40 ° 46 ′ 0 ″  N , 14 ° 29 ′ 0 ″  E
height	65  m slm
surface	11.28 km²
Residents	27,228 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	2,414 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	80041
prefix	081
ISTAT number	063008
Popular name	Boschesi
Website	Boscoreale
Antiquarium in Boscoreale

Boscoreale is a place with 27,228 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) on the southern slope of Vesuvius in the metropolitan city of Naples in the Italian region of Campania .

The place is not far from Pompeii . With the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 the place was buried like Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiae . The neighboring municipalities are Boscotrecase , Poggiomarino , Pompei , Scafati ( SA ), Terzigno and Torre Annunziata .

Boscoreale became known through excavations at the end of the 19th century, when the Roman villa of Publius Fanninus Sinistor ( Villa Fanninus ) and the approximately 30 agricultural properties ( villa rustica ) were excavated. In one of them, called Villa Pisanella , the so-called Boscoreale Treasure was found in 1895 . From 1978 to 1983, renewed, extensive examinations took place in Boscoreale. Since 1991 there has been an archaeological museum in Boscoreale, the Antiquarium di Boscoreale , in which finds from Oplontis , Pompeii , Stabiae and Boscoreale are exhibited. In the outdoor area attached to the museum, a typical villa rustica of smaller dimensions can be viewed.

The Villa Regina , a villa rustica at the Antiquarium in Boscoreale

Population development

Between 1991 and 2001 the population increased from 27,310 to 27,618. This corresponds to a percentage increase of 1.1%.

literature

• Lawrence Richardson Jr .:  BOSCOREALE (and Boscotrecase) Campania, Italy . In: Richard Stillwell et al. a. (Ed.): The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 1976, ISBN 0-691-03542-3 .

Web links

Commons : Boscoreale  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.