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Anton Dohrn Marine Biology Research Centre

Naples' Aquarium

Villa Comunale Di Quarto
Naples 80121
Italy
+39 81 583 3111

In 1870, the natural scientist Anton Dohrn, a follower of Darwin, was entrusted a plot within the Villa Communale on which to build a Zoological park. The Zoological park is an important research centre for marine animal and plant life and holds the oldest aquarium in Europe, where hundreds of species found in the bay of Naples can be observed. There is also a sizable technical library and research laboratories.

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Villa Communale Aquarium

Visit the fishes while it's cold outside 1 Via Caracciolo, Pollena Trocchia
Naples 80121
Italy
+39 81 583 3111 One of the oldest aquariums in Europe, this underwater museum located in the center of Villa Communale Park will inspire beach fantasies when it's a bit cold outside; and you might just learn a thing or two. Local marine life, both animal and plant, fill about thirty over-sized tanks. The aquarium is connected to the Zoological Institute, so up-to-date information and some special exhibits are the norm. Bring your favorite young person for an afternoon of sea-gazing.

Review © 2007, Wcities