Torre Annunziata

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Torre Annunziata (Italian: [ˈtorre annunˈtsjaːta]; Neapolitan: Torre Nunziata) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples, in the Italian region of Campania. It is located on the Gulf of Naples, at the foot of Mount Vesuvius. The municipality lies on the innermost part of the Gulf of Naples, in a narrow coastal strip between Vesuvius and the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is included in the Vesuvius "red zone", the area planned for preventive evacuation in the event of renewed volcanic activity. To the south, the municipal territory reaches the mouth of the Sarno River, within the area of the Sarno River Regional Park. The town stands above the remains of ancient Oplontis, a Roman settlement buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79. The archaeological area of Oplontis, in Torre Annunziata, forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Archaeological Areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata", inscribed in 1997.

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