Demonym(s) Pollenesi Dialing code 081 Local time Thursday 9:09 AM | Elevation 149 m (489 ft) Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area 8.1 km² Postal code 80040 Dialling code 081 | |
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Frazioni Guindazzi, Musci, San Gennariello-Laurenzana, Tamburiello, Trocchia Weather 16°C, Wind SW at 3 km/h, 63% Humidity | ||
Pollena Trocchia is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 11 km east of Naples.
Map of 80040 Pollena Trocchia Naples, Italy
It was created in 1811 from two already existing villages, Pollena and Trocchia, both of Samnite-Etruscan origin. Pollena took its name from the cult of Apollo, who had an important temple here in the Roman and pre-Roman ages. Both were destroyed by the 1631 eruption of Vesuvio.
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