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Things to do in Striano Italy – what to see attractions and activities

Welcome to Striano Italy. If you’are planning to visit Striano for your next trip and you are looking for the best places to visit, here you’ll find tips and suggestions of most popular point of interest and activities not to be missed in Striano and surrounding. Travelers will appreciate this italian town with his rich historical and artistic heritage, local culture and environment. Discover the monuments, buildings, natural treasures and all the details that characterize Striano and its territory. Share and suggest a place you've visited.

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Palma Campania (6 Km)

Parrocchia San Michele

The Church of St. Michael the Archangel is part of a much larger structure that dates back to the Middle Ages. Here, the protector of the city of Palma, namely San Biagio, is venerated.

Naples (9 Km)

Vesuvio

Mount Vesuvius is a volcano in the Gulf of Naples. It is one of several volcanoes which form the Campanian volcanic arc. Vesuvius consists of a large cone partially encircled by the steep rim of a summit caldera caused by the collapse of an earlier and originally much higher structure. It is an active volcan and in the past it was protagonist of many catastrophic eruption such as in the famous Pompei ed Ercolano.

Pompei (10 Km)

Palestra Grande

It is found behind the amphitheater and occupies a very large area. It measures 141 meters by 137 meters. It is a public area that is used as a public gymnasium and a ground for exercises. It was specifically meant for youths and men who participated in sporting activities like wrestling, swimming, discus and for running. At its center is a large swimming pool.

Pompei (10 Km)

Tempio di Apollo

It is located on the western side of the Forum to the north of the Basilica. It is the oldest building in the Forum and was built by the Greeks. Estruscan items and some other oldest remains were discovered here which dates back to the 575 BC. A tour to this place gives you a beautiful glimpse of how beautiful temples were devoted to the gods of the Ancient Rome.

Pompei (10 Km)

Basilica

It is a wonderful public building that is located to the south west corner of the Forum. It was specifically used as a place of administering justice as well as where trade was carried on. The building’s main hall consists of a long columnar nave. Shaped tiles covered with stucco were used in the construction of these columns.

Pompei (10 Km)

Casa del Poeta Tragico

This is a house that is located in the Region VI across from the Forum baths. At its entry is a Latin word "cave canem" which means "beware the dog". There is also a decoration of a mosaic dog at the entrance which depicts all the features of a live dog. It contains a lot of paintings of Greek mythological subjects than any other place in the whole of Pompei.

Pompei (10 Km)

L'anfiteatro di Pompei

One of the oldest stone buildings ever discovered, with an interesting feature is the only amphitheater that has no underground floor below the arena. Very visible are the holes that were used to cover the arena, so that viewers were protected from the elements.

Pompei (10 Km)

La casa del Fauno

In the whole of the Roman Republic, it is one of the most luxurious aristocratic houses. It is also the most expensive residence in the ancient Pompeii measuring 3,000 meters squared. On its floors were lavish mosaics but only a few are remaining in place. Some of these mosaics were removed and taken on display at the National Museum of Naples.

Pompei (10 Km)

Foro di pompei

It is the main square of the famous city. It was once an uncovered place, where there were numerous shops built entirely of lava and tuff. Once the Romans conquered Pompeii, everything was rebuilt, in fact the shops were shot down together with the famous Temple of Apollo.

Pompei (10 Km)

Il lupanare di Pompei

It was a brothel built on two floors, classified by category. In fact, the ground floor was reserved for modest social classes and consisted of just 5 rooms and a bathroom, while the first floor has a separate entrance and comfortable services, was reserved for the upper classes.

Pompei (11 Km)

La Villa dei misteri

This Villa is located just outside the city walls. On it is the most famous Pompeian wall-painting. It contains a room (that is called The Initiation Chamber) which is decorated with very beautiful but strange scenes. Initiations took place here and they marked a transition from childhood to adulthood. There is an opening between the first and last scenes of the fresco that leads into the chamber.

Pompei (11 Km)

Casa della caccia antica

This is an attractive building in Pompei that is located a short distance from the House of Faun when heading towards the Porta di Nola gate. It has got many frescoes of hunting scenes. It contains some very fine examples of the 4th style generation. On the walls of the 2nd cubiculum are the winter and autumn personifications. There are other beautiful decorations inside this great historical house.

Pompei (11 Km)

Scavi archeologici di Pompei

The archaeological excavations of the city of Pompeii represent the remains of the ancient Roman city destroyed in 79 AD by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The excavations began in 1748. Today the city is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. The discoveries gave birth to the ancient Roman holiday villas “Roman otii”.

Pompei (11 Km)

Scavi di Pompei

In the archaeological area is represented not only Roman life but also all the frescoes of that era. Part of the works are found in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples and a small amount in the Antiquarium of Pompeii. Since 2000, the archaeological excavations of Pompeii have been included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Terzigno (11 Km)

Parco Nazionale del Vesuvio Ercolano

The Vesuvius National Park was declared a protected area on 5 June 1995. In the Park there are endemics that are created by the cooled lavas, a rarity that colors the lavas gray adding silver reflections visible only on full moon nights. In fact, for this magnificent show that is created, night visits are also organized.

Torre Annunziata (12 Km)

Villa di Oplontis e Villa Lucius Crassus Tertius

The villa of Poppea is a villa d'otium dating back to the first century BC where there were rooms dedicated to the production of wine and oil. There are viridaries, sculptures, beautiful frescoes, spas, lararium, peristiles, triclines , Olympic pool

Casamarciano (12 Km)

Convento di Sant'Angelo in Palco

The Convent of Sant'Angelo in Palco was built in the mid-'400, in memory of the Archangel St. Michael. The old building was Gothic, but after some restorations the building was modified to Gothic refectory style. Inside there is the coat of arms of the Orsini family and frescoes depicting the life of Jesus.

Nola (12 Km)

Antiquarium del Seminario Vescovile

The Antiquarium of the Episcopal Seminary is located in the eighteenth-century palace in the center of Nola. Inside it houses finds found during excavations carried out in Cimitile and objects dating from the 8th century BC and the Roman Imperial Age. The most important find is represented by the 'Cippus Abellanus', which defined the regulation of the sacred lands of the sanctuary of Hercules.

Nola (13 Km)

Museo Storico Archeologico di Nola

The Historical Archaeological Museum of Nola is located in the building where the Canossian Convent was first located. After the restoration, carried out at the behest by the Municipal Administration, an exhibition path of the ancient city of Nola was integrated. The staging takes place in five times, from the origins: 8th — 7th century BC until the rule of Rome in Ancient Campania. A special room is dedicated to prehistory that documents the inhabitants of the Bronze Age buried by the Vesuvian eruption.

Nola (13 Km)

Museo Diocesano

Inside the Museum there are masterpieces of art dating from the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. The Museum tells the millennial history of the Diocese of Nola. The space that the museum devotes to exhibitions is divided into different environments. The collections include precious silver, sacred vestments, etc. inside the museum there is a section that preserves ancient texts and codes of the Historical Archive of the Diocese.

Nola (13 Km)

Museo Etnomusicale I Gigli

The “I Gigli” Ethnomusical Museum was established in 2000, with the aim of protecting and promoting knowledge of the ethnomusical aspect of the festival of the Lilies of Nola and southern Italy. The venue of the Museum is located in the place where the ancient celebrations for the feast of the saint and of the ancient folk tradition began, a place very dear to the Nolans.

Nola (13 Km)

Anfiteatro Romano

The Roman Amphitheatre of Nola was built during the first century BC and was also referred to as “Brick Amphitheatre”. It is located close to the republican walls of the ancient city and during the excavations performed in the twentieth century six pillars of limestone decorated with scenes of trophies and weapons came to light.

Castellammare di Stabia (15 Km)

Scavi Archeologici

The Archaeological Excavations of Castellammare di Stabia have brought to light several villas and residential buildings as well as residential districts of the ancient city of Stabiae. The origins of the city date back to the 7th century BC and from historical materials it appears to have been destroyed by Silla and the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The remains were found on the edge of the Poggio di Varano of several villas, including that of San Marco and Villa Arianna which is the oldest.

Castellammare di Stabia (15 Km)

Antiquarium Stabiano

The Stabiano Antiquarium was inaugurated in 1958 at the behest of the archaeologist Libero D'Orsi who had undertaken excavations to bring to light materials of the ancient Roman city of Stabiae. The Museum was built in the middle school environments of the city. Today it collects more than 8000 exhibits from the Stabian villas and buildings that were gradually explored.

Castellammare di Stabia (17 Km)

Terme Stabiane

The Stabian Baths were built around the 19th century at the behest of King Francis I of Bourbon. On the initial project of the architect Catello Troiano, the spa complex was expanded by the architect Ranireri who built two more new pavilions. The radical modification took place by the architect Eugenio Cosenza who gave the building a decidedly Art Nouveau style.

Castellammare di Stabia (17 Km)

Castello Angioino

The Angevin Castle was built around the tenth century at the behest of the Duke of Sorrento. Some historians, however, also attribute the construction to Charles I of Anjou from whom it takes its name. In the following centuries it had several renovations becoming also the seat of the garrison of mercenary soldiers. Within its walls there was the cathedral that housed the bishops of the diocese. The structure consists of powerful walls with towers and towers joined together through a wall with relative side openings.

Torre del Greco (18 Km)

Museo del Corallo dell'Istituto Statale d'Arte

The State Art Institute of Torre del Greco is one of the oldest in Italy. The Coral Processing School was established in 1878 and inaugurated on 3 April 1933. In the Museum there are engraving works of the various workshops, as well as on coral, lava, pink shell and brindle, sardonica, mother of pearl and ivory. The school participated in numerous national and international exhibitions between 1881 and World War II.

Pomigliano d'Arco (18 Km)

Sepolcreto Imbriani - Poerio

This kind chapel, erected in 1861 in the “old” municipal cemetery and National Monument (R.D. n. 65 of 23/01/1930), houses the mortal remains of the members of two great families of the Risorgimento, the Imbriani and the Poerio.

Ercolano (19 Km)

Villa Campolieto

Ercolano (19 Km)

Scavi di Ercolano

Ercolano (19 Km)

Teatro

The theatre which is placed at the edge of the archeological site is believed to have been accommodating an approximated two thousand spectator.

Ercolano (19 Km)

Casa a Graticcio

This house derives its name from the wooden trellis which formed the graticcio (framework) of its walls. This house is the only antique example of this technique of construction.

Ercolano (19 Km)

Casa del Bicentenario

This house excavation was finished in 1938 two hundred years after the official digging had started hence named bicentenary. This house is decorated with frescoes and a cross that probably could be the oldest artifact testifying Christianity in Roman Empire.

Naples (19 Km)

Reggia di Portici

The Royal Palace of Portici was built between 1738 and 1742, at the behest of Charles III of Bourbon. The palace also became the seat of the Herculanense Museum, where the finds of Herculaneum are located, today kept in the National Archaeological Museum. The structure consists of two wings that connect from a large courtyard. In the building there are also many decorations, mosaics and columns, which were found during the excavations of Herculaneum.

Ercolano (19 Km)

Casa del Mosaico di Nettuno e Anfitrite

This is another archeological site of a house equipped with a shop having its counter facing to the street. The nymphaeum is decorated by mosaics that depict Amphitrite and Neptune.

Ercolano (19 Km)

Pistrinum

An inscription on this building states that the bakery belonged to one Sextus Patulus Felix. A large oven and mills can be seen at the backyard of the baker’s.

Ercolano (19 Km)

Casa Sannitica

This house has an arrangement that was distinctive of the Samnites, an ancient community that lived in this mountainous part. The remains of the casa Sannitica has its rooms decorated with frescoes with this impressive atrium that is kilted by gallery with lonic columns

Ercolano (19 Km)

Casa dei Cervi

This is a rich patrician mansion which probably is one of the most beautiful houses overlooking the Bay. The house is well decorated with numerous frescoes and artworks including a marvelous sculptured group of stags being attacked by dogs.

Portici (20 Km)

Orto Botanico

The Botanical Garden was established in 1872 in the ancient botanical gardens of Portici, by Francesco Geri. The structural plant consists of radial avenues adorned with a fountain bearing the goddess Flora, currently under restoration. It consists of numerous plant species representative of more than sixty botanical families. Of great interest are the different species of Madagascar including the specimens of Didierea and Euphorbia.

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Villa Pollio

Sorrento (23 Km) - Via Guglielmo Marconi, 6

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Things to do in Striano Italy – what to see attractions and activities

Chiesa matrice di Striano - Parrocchia di San Giovanni Battista

Porta Civica di San Nicola

What To See near Striano

Parrocchia San Michele

Vesuvio

Palestra Grande

Tempio di Apollo

Basilica

Casa del Poeta Tragico

L'anfiteatro di Pompei

La casa del Fauno

Foro di pompei

Il lupanare di Pompei

La Villa dei misteri

Casa della caccia antica

Scavi archeologici di Pompei

Scavi di Pompei

Parco Nazionale del Vesuvio Ercolano

Villa di Oplontis e Villa Lucius Crassus Tertius

Convento di Sant'Angelo in Palco

Antiquarium del Seminario Vescovile

Museo Storico Archeologico di Nola

Museo Diocesano

Museo Etnomusicale I Gigli

Anfiteatro Romano

Scavi Archeologici

Antiquarium Stabiano

Terme Stabiane

Castello Angioino

Museo del Corallo dell'Istituto Statale d'Arte

Sepolcreto Imbriani - Poerio

Villa Campolieto

Scavi di Ercolano

Teatro

Casa a Graticcio

Casa del Bicentenario

Reggia di Portici

Casa del Mosaico di Nettuno e Anfitrite

Pistrinum

Casa Sannitica

Casa dei Cervi

Orto Botanico

Other attractions in Striano

Spiaggia Risorgimento

Spiaggia Rinascenza

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Terzigno

Pagani

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