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Phlegrean Fields
If we were to borrow from some of the amazing history cries of admiration for the Phlegrean Fields, certainly those from Goethe because "there is still stunned from the events of nature and history." Not to mention, then, the announcement of Horace: "No senior place in the world is brighter than the Bay of Baia ...".
Why here, between Pozzuoli, Cuma, Miseno, Bay, Bacoli, the Hades, the Fusaro and along the coast of the Campi Flegrei is an entire museum under the sky safer "and the decline of the craters. It is not just the "sunken city" or the belly or the remains of ancient Puteoli Virgil Cuma to welcome tourists in search of beauty, ancient history, the charm of myths and legends still marked and carved in stone and marble in a ancient greatness. Here continues, because we never stopped, the wonders of the ancient "Grand Tour" fueled by that landscape painting will become, then, myth spread throughout Europe, thanks precisely to those "views" which, especially if they refer to "Fields of Fire "become a callback message to the" magnificence of the site and the captivating sweetness of nature. "
This is for us the point of departure and the dominant theme of all our actions to promote tourism in the Campi Flegrei. A modern "Grand Tour" which is increasingly attracting tourists not only attracted the largest concentration of archaeological and alternation of geologically unique locations, but also by the humanity of its people.
Hence our passionate invitation to visit the Campi Flegrei, giving our sincere welcome, certain that this land will enter the hearts and minds of the visitor who wants to discover it and love it.
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Baia - Phlegrean Fields Archaeological Museum – 2 km
Opened in September 1993, the museum has for the time being, the findings discovered in the chapel at the Augustans Miseno, including the bronze equestrian statue of Domitian-Nerva, a number of plaster casts of Greek sculptures discovered in the Bay and the Nymph Submerged Punta Epitaph. |
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Underwater City Portus Julius – 1 km
In 37 BC, during the civil war between Octavian and Sextus Pompey, the strategist Vipsanio Agrippa realizable 'to a large structure Portus Julius, used as a dockyard fleet Miseno, a navigable canal connecting Lake Avernus, Lake Lucrino and the sea. As a result of bradyseism descendant, much of the Portus Julius and 'now submerged, because of Pozzuoli and Baia wind impressive traces of its port facilities and some suburban vici. |
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Baia thermae- 2 km
The name of this beautiful bay and 'linked to the legendary journey of Odysseus here' buried 'his companion Bajos. Cuma was the landing place of the more powerful 'and attended praised for its environmental and delights for its hot springs, both Horatio pote' exclaim: Nullus in orbe sine bajis praelucet amoenis (No bay in the world shines more 'dell'Amenano Bay ). As a result of bradyseism, much of the city 'is now under the sea. |
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Acropolis of Cuma / Sybil's Cave- 3,5 km
On the origins of the city', the assumption most likely is that it was founded around the eighth century. B.C. by residents of nearby Pithekoussai (Ischia) from the city 'Euboean of Chalcis and Eretria. Cuma soon became a flourishing and powerful city, extending its borders over the gulfs of Naples and flegreo. The story of Cuma, with his fall into the hands of Campani (421 BC), merges with that of Dicearchia.
Towards the end of the republic, when Puteoli became the main port of Rome, Cumae declined rapidly and was remembered only as a quiet, solitary and worship for the presence of the cave of the Sibyl oracle. In the Middle Ages became the permanent home of robbers who were defeated by an alloy bell in 1207, with the total destruction of the city. |
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Pozzuoli - Rione Terra 4 km
A steep spur of tufa stretched in the Gulf of Pozzuoli, the heart of a city in Roman times was the first commercial port of the Peninsula. The most recent archaeological excavations back to confirm the historical and documentary Rione Terra. A subterranean level of the town were found the remains of the city. |
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Anfiteatro Flavio – 4 km
Begun under Nero and completed by Vespasian; measure m. 149x116 (arena 75x42 m) and could hold around 20,000 spectators. Well-preserved underground, and where 'we could study the complex system of lifting cages with wild animals. In 305, under the persecution of Diocletian, were exposed seven Christian martyrs in the arena: the Benevento Gennaro, Festus and Desiderius, the Misena Sosso, and Puteolana Procolo, Eutyches and acute, then beheaded near the Solfatara. |
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Averno Lake – 1,5 km
Is the location that best evokes flegrea Homer, Virgil and the cult of, because he was considered the entrance to Hades. It is a volcanic lake, deep in the center about 34 mt.In 37 BC, at the design of Vipsanio Agrippa, was connected to the sea via the lake Lucrino, with a canal in order to realize a colossal arsenal (Portus Julius). Along the eastern shore of the lake you can admire the magnificent spa room, known as "Temple of Apollo, of Hadrian, covered by a dome with a diameter of about 38 meters, slightly less than that of the Pantheon in Rome. |
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Solfatara Volcano – 4,5 km
The volcano Solfatara, the elliptical crater (m.770, M.580), dating back about 4000 years ago and 'the only Campi Flegrei still exhibits an impressive fumarole. The last eruption, however, historically established, dates back to 1198. |
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