Herculaneum is in Italy, in Ercolano. This sheet answers with open data: what the place is, where it sits at GPS precision and which notable attractions lie a few kilometers away.
Data sheet
What it is
Museum
Country
Italy
City or region
Ercolano
Coordinates
40.8061 N, 14.3475 E
UNESCO World Heritage
No recorded designation
Visitors per year (P1174)
563,165
Notability (sitelinks)
72
The 5 closest notable attractions
Attraction
Country
Distance (km)
Royal Palace of Naples
Italy
8.9
Naples National Archaeological Museum
Italy
9.7
Certosa di San Martino
Italy
9.9
Museo di Capodimonte
Italy
10.6
Amalfi Coast
Italy
28.7
The closest neighbor is Royal Palace of Naples, 8.9 km away in a straight line. The table above answers the question every itinerary starts with: what else is nearby?
The name in 3 languages
Português
Herculano
English
Herculaneum
Español
Herculano
Source and method
Source
Wikidata (CC0), snapshot of 2026-07-09
Distances
Haversine over 40.8061 N, 14.3475 E and the 2,000 attractions in the snapshot
Notability
Herculaneum: 72 sitelinks; closest neighbor Royal Palace of Naples at 8.9 km