# Capua · Place

> Capua is an archaeological site in the record of Etruscan: the readable language that cannot be fully translated, placed to about 1 km. In Etruscan: the…

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# Capua (Santa Maria Capua Vetere)

ancient city

[Etruscan: the readable language that cannot be fully translated](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language)[2 events][41.0833° N, 14.2500° E]

Capua is an archaeological site in the record of Etruscan: the readable language that cannot be fully translated, placed to about 1 km.

Two events on the site happened here, between 0469 and 1898: The Tabula Capuana, a terracotta ritual calendar, is inscribed at Capua, and later The Tabula Capuana is excavated at Santa Maria Capua Vetere.

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Placed from Town centre of Santa Maria Capua Vetere from OpenStreetMap; the exact find spot in the necropolis is not recorded in the sources read. · Placed to about 1 km[Open the mystery's map](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language#map)

## In the mysteries

**Etruscan: the readable language that cannot be fully translated**

ancient city · 2 events

[The mystery ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language)

## What happened here 2

-0469[The Tabula Capuana, a terracotta ritual calendar, is inscribed at Capua](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language/events/EVT0DEDTMS6XATG/the-tabula-capuana-a-terracotta-ritual-calendar-is-inscribed)

1898[The Tabula Capuana is excavated at Santa Maria Capua Vetere](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language/events/EVT0DEDV48WGCBC/the-tabula-capuana-is-excavated-at-santa-maria-capua-vetere)

## Nearby within 500 km

[Biblioteca Nazionale di Napoli, Palazzo Reale](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D367NWA630R/biblioteca-nazionale-di-napoli-palazzo-reale)

library

27 km S

[Villa dei Papiri, Herculaneum](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D367NCP506Q/villa-dei-papiri-herculaneum)

Roman villa (archaeological site)

32 km S

[Campania](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D367NMG2EX8/campania)

region

47 km SE

[Villa Mondragone, Frascati](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC08JJGGJG2NK6/villa-mondragone-frascati)

153 km NW

[Rome](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D6C30YM0X8X/rome)

city

173 km NW

[Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (SS.CC.), Rome](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D4CC7885R38/congregation-of-the-sacred-hearts-of-jesus-and-mary-ss-cc)

religious congregation and museum

173 km NW

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Capua (Santa Maria Capua Vetere) [Place PLC0DEDSN0TF8DJ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0DEDSN0TF8DJ
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Key

**PLC** 0DEDSN0TF8DJ

Record

Place

Kind

Archaeological site

Position

41.0833° N, 14.2500° E

Precision

About 1 km

Placed from

Town centre of Santa Maria Capua Vetere from OpenStreetMap; the exact find spot in the necropolis is not recorded in the sources read.

In

[Etruscan: the readable language that cannot be fully translated](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language)

Version

1

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