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Archaeological site · Nocera Superiore (SA)

Nuceria in Nocera Superiore

  • Visit: about 1 h 30 min
Pictured: Nocera Superiore · Poul Krogsgård · Public domain · resized

Ancient Nuceria Alfaterna, capital of a league of cities, between Nocera Superiore and Nocera Inferiore.

Nuceria Alfaterna was an important city of ancient Campania, at the head of a league of towns in the Sarno valley. It was an ally of Rome and later a Roman colony.You can visit the Hellenistic-Roman theatre, the necropolises and, at Nocera Superiore, the Early Christian baptistery of Santa Maria Maggiore, one of the oldest in Italy.

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