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Baiae (Baiae Archaeological Park)
Baia · Baiae Underwater Park
Republican to Late Antique (140 BCE – 8th c CE)·Roman·🇮🇹 Campania, Gulf of Pozzuoli, Italy
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About Baiae (Baiae Archaeological Park)
Former luxury resort of Rome’s elite (Caesar, Nero, Hadrian) with imperial villa, submerged by bradyseism (volcanic uplift/subsidence) to 5–9 m, with mosaics, statues and pilings visible snorkelling. Recorded context — Period: Republican to Late Antique (140 BCE – 8th c CE); Culture: Roman; Field status: ongoing; Materials: stone; Condition: ruins.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- 140 BCE onwards
- Period
- Republican to Late Antique (140 BCE – 8th c CE)
- Culture
- Roman
- Purpose
- Imperial resort and thermal spa town
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
140 BCE onwards
Initial construction
c. 1353 CE
Rediscovery
Location
Where it is
40.8200° N · 14.0710° E · -6 m
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