Naples Sights

Lago d’Averno

#69 of 349 things to do in Naples

#6620 of 49063 things to do in Europe

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  • Address
    • Via Lucrino Averno
  • Transport
    • Cumana to Lucrino

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Lonely Planet review for Lago d’Averno

In Virgil’s Aeneid, it is precisely from Lago d’Averno that Aeneas descends into the underworld. It’s hard to imagine hell in such a soothing setting, with old vineyards and citrus groves lining this ancient crater. A popular walking track now circles the lake’s entire perimeter, giving you more time to visualise bobbing ancient fleets – in 37 BC the Roman general Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa linked the lake to nearby Lago Lucrino and the sea, turning it into a strategic naval dockyard.

 

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