On the banks of the Sarno at Longola, excavations revealed something unique: a protohistoric village built on artificial islets and pile-dwellings, inhabited from the Bronze Age until the seventh century BC — when its people, it is believed, moved on to found Pompeii. The area is now an archaeological-naturalistic park reconstructing the huts and canals of that miniature Venice.
Poggiomarino, 21,206 residents in the Vesuvian hinterland twenty-five kilometres from Naples, owes Longola a place in international archaeological literature. The rest is a hard-working farming and residential town, gateway to the Sarno valley.
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Next up: Saint Anthony of Padua, patron of the town of the Longola river archaeological site, Sunday 13 June
Nearest airport: Napoli Capodichino, 23 km away
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📅 Every year, on 13 June
Poggiomarino celebrates Saint Anthony of Padua on 13 June, in the church dedicated to him; the municipal territory holds the important Longola river archaeological area.
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Outside Poggiomarino, but an easy day trip away.
