Monte Nuovo

Local nameMonte Nuovo
LocationPozzuoli, Italy

Monte Nuovo is a cinder cone volcano within the Campi Flegrei caldera, near Naples, southern Italy. A series of damaging earthquakes and changes in land elevation preceded its only eruption, during the most recent part of the Holocene, which lasted from September 29 to October 6, 1538, when it was formed.

The event is important in the history of science because it was the first eruption in modern times to be described by a large number of witnesses. The eruptive vent formed next to the medieval village of Tripergole on the shores of the then-much larger Lake Lucrino. The thermal bath village, which had been inhabited since ancient Roman times and was home to notable Roman-era buildings including Cicero's villa, was completely buried by ejecta from the new cinder cone.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Nuovo

Address 80078, Italy

Coordinates 40°50'6.93" N 14°5'16.065" E

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