Water and fire in the Phlegraean Fields
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It is the smallest of the Phlegraean lakes (9 and a half hectares), a vestige of an ancient coastal lagoon, formed in a crater, largely filled in by the upheavals of the 1538 eruption, which create...
The dark and mysterious lake, home to a sanctuary dedicated to the gods of the underworld, was for the Greeks and Romans the entrance to Hades, the world of the underworld. Along its banks is the A...
Also called Mare Morto (Dead Sea) because of its progressive silting up, it is a shallow coastal lagoon communicating with the port of Miseno, joined to the sea by a small canal that crosses the be...
For the ancient Greeks, the lagoon, not yet completely enclosed by coastal dunes, was part of the underworld, and underground volcanic activity and hot mineral springs identified it as the infernal...
Europe's youngest volcano was formed in 1538 following the last violent eruption in the Phlegraean Fields (lasting several days), preceded by earthquakes and the raising of the ground. A phenomenal...
Called by the ancients "Hephaestus' agora" or "Vulcan's hole", it was described in the first century A.D., already famous for its sulphurous vapours, by Petronius in the Satyricon. It is the still ...
Although the Phlegraean Fields have been inhabited since prehistoric times - important evidence of the Bronze Age can be found at Vivara - the region achieved undisputed fame in Roman times. For th...
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