Insenatura dello Schiacchetiello

Places of Interest

Phlegraean Fields

Volcano

Photo: Oliver-Bonjoch, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Phlegraean Fields is a large volcanic caldera west of Naples, Italy. The Neapolitan Yellow Tuff eruption produced just 50 cubic kilometers. It is, however, one of relatively few volcanoes large enough to form a caldera.

Piscina Mirabilis

Archaeological site

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The Piscina Mirabilis is an Ancient Roman cistern on the Bacoli hill at the western end of the Gulf of Naples, southern Italy. It ranks as one of the largest ancient cisterns built by the ancient Romans, compared to the largest Roman reservoir, the Yerebatan Sarayi in Istanbul.

Lucrinus Lacus

Lake

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Lucrinus Lacus or Lucrine Lake is a lake in Campania, southern Italy. It is less than one kilometre to the south of Lake Avernus and is separated from the Gulf of Pozzuoli by a narrow strip of land.

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Pozzuoli

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Pozzuoli is a city and comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the region of Campania in southern Italy. The main city of the Phlegrean Peninsula, it has 74,665 inhabitants.

Procida

Photo: Mentnafunangann, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Procida is one of the Phlegraean Islands off the coast of Naples in southern Italy. The island is between Cape Miseno and the island of Ischia. With its tiny satellite island of Vivara, it is a comune of the Metropolitan City of Naples, in the region of Campania.

Bagnoli

Suburb

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Bagnoli is a western seaside quarter of Naples, Italy, well beyond the confines of the original city. It is beyond Cape Posillipo and, thus, looking on the coast of the Bay of Pozzuoli.

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