Pollena Trocchia is a comune

Comune

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(municipality) in the Province of Naples

Province of Naples

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 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Campania

Campania

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, located about 11 km east of Naples

Naples

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It was created in 1811 century from two already existing villages, Pollena and Trocchia, both of Samnite

Samnium

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-Etruscan

Etruscan civilization

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 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 eruption of the Vesuvio in 1631.