Place

Villa dei Papiri, Herculaneum

Roman villa (archaeological site)

Roman villa (archaeological site)0

Note

The excavated part of the villa as mapped (OpenStreetMap way 340881491), north-west of the town excavations at Ercolano. Most of the villa is still buried; the library was found by the Bourbon tunnelling of 1750-1765.

Located in 1

Campania

Place

PLC

Happened here 1

Tunnelling of the Villa dei Papiri begins and the library is found

Event

EVT

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Villa dei Papiri, Herculaneum [Place PLC0D367NCP506Q]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0D367NCP506Q

@misc{mysteriesdept_plc0d367ncp506q,
  title     = {Villa dei Papiri, Herculaneum},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Place, catalog key PLC0D367NCP506Q},
  url       = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0D367NCP506Q}
}