The Gulf of Naples is a large inlet of the Tyrrhenian Sea, located south of the city of Naples, between the Phlegraean peninsula to the north-west and the Sorrento peninsula to the south. It preserves treasures that you cannot fail to know. Testimonies of the past and hopes for a beautiful future.
What are the cultural jewels that characterize the Gulf of Naples?
Bacoli. Mirabilis swimming pool
A magnificent gothic cathedral built underground. There Piscina Mirabilis it is the largest fresh water cistern built by the Romans. (over 70 meters long). It was used to supply the Miseno fleet.
Capo Miseno. Shrine of the Augustales
Capo Miseno was the seat of the most powerful Roman fleet. Here Pliny the Elder was a victim of the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. Majestic buildings such as the Sacello and the underground port testify to this greatness.
Naples. National archeologic museum
Called sing sing, like the American prison. It is the deposit that collects all that the Man, the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, one of the most important and beautiful in the world, fails to exhibit to the public.
Herculaneum. archaeological park
Herculaneum, the other city buried by the eruption of Vesuvius is in the middle of the ford. An example: the Treasure of Herculaneum, stolen in 1990 and recovered by the police remains locked in a vault. Now we are hoping for the 25 million euros made available by David W. Packard, an American patron who fell in love with the site.
Herculaneum. Villa Campolieto
The Golden Mile traditionally indicates the approximately 1.800 meters of road between Herculaneum and Torre del Greco. Defined in this way at the time of the Bourbons, it collects some of the most beautiful eighteenth-century villas. Villa Campolieto, Vialla Favorita and Villa Aprile in Herculaneum, Palazzo Vallelonga and Villa Mennella in Torre del Greco. A unique show in the Gulf of Naples.
Bay. Submerged Archaeological Park
A few meters deep you can see some wonderful finds. Whole mosaics covered by the waters. Result of the phenomenon of bradyseism discovered in the 70s. Also in this case a unique heritage.
Bay. Aragonese castle
The Aragonese Castle houses the Archaeological Museum of the Phlegraean Fields where, among other things, some of the artifacts recovered at sea are preserved. A jewel that was built on a Roman villa. But some rooms are closed to the public due to a lack of staff.
Pompeii. archaeological park
The new lighting system has just been inaugurated which allows, for now, to visit the Archaeological Park of Pompeii twice a week even at night. And the "Cave canem", a symbol of Pompeii and in the past also of its decay, has now been restored and makes a fine show of itself. It is the demonstration that change is possible.
