The temple of Serapis isn’t a temple! It’s true that at center has some columns that looks like a little altar but, trust us, isn’t a temple. It is the “macellum” the ancient market of Pozzuoli.

This archaeological site was wrongly considered a temple because when the excavations began it was found a statue of the Egyptian god Serapis, so the experts thought it was a temple him dedicated. The temple is also a sort of bradyseism meter: the base of the temple is connected by natural tunnels to the sea. When the bradyseism is passive ( when the town falls in relation to the sea level ) the floor of the market disappears under several centimeters of water, making the temple even more beautiful.

The Anfiteatro Flavio was commissioned by the Emperor Vespasiano and inside it were taking place theatrical shows, musical concerts and the ever struggle of gladiators.

It was located at a crossroads which linked Naples, Capua and Cuma. Capable of holding up to 40.000 spectators, it’s three levels were furnished with four main entrances and twelve secondary entrances.  As well as being an entertainment place, the amphitheatre was also a center of urban life. Under the external arches of the structure there existed a range of localities dedicated to cults, professional and other groups, all indicated by inscriptions on the stone.

The Solfatara in Pozzuoli is one of the most active volcanoes in the world and his special presence in the Campi Flegrei is of vital importance for the whole area around Naples. The magma bubbling under “Burning Fields” can satisfy himself just in this volcano, which keep under review the gas pressure subterranean. The Solfatara Crater has the classic appearance of the volcano: no spiky mountains with steaming vents, but only an expanse of land very warm, inside the which open lakes of boiling mud.

The acropolis of Cuma is all that remains of the ancient city settled by the ancient Greeks around 740 BC. The archaeological park presents years of history perfectly conserved and it’s a precious testify of how the city was organized. The history of Cuma is about a very powerful city, which knew how to connect maritime activities to the country work.

Into the Acropolis of Cuma there’s the Sybil’s cavern, a suggestive and mystic place where Aeneas went to meet the prophetess. The Sybil was a priestess of the god Apollo who wrote her prophecies on the leaves that the wind brought into the long stone corridor that arrived into the priestess room.

The legend tells that the god Apollo gave her the possibility to fulfill a wish in exchange of her devotion as a priestess. The Sybil asked to live so many years as so many grains of sand her hand could contain, but she forgot to ask the eternal youth, so her body inexorably aged, up to be consumed completely. In the cavern remained only her voice. According to Virgil the Sybil predicted the future to Aeneas and drove him to the Averno lake to make him enter into the Hell to look for his father.

The promenade is one of the most attended places of Pozzuoli, during the day and the night.

It’s the place of the Phlegraean night life: here there are pubs, restaurants, pizzerias, and the coolest clubs of the town. The promenade of Pozzuoli has changed so many names that is difficult to understand which is the current, but everybody still call it “Via Napoli” because it has always been the street that connected Pozzuoli with Naples.

It’s better to come by feet, so you can also enjoy the landscape.

The Averno lake it’s the entrance of the hell, as Virgil tell us in the beginning of his masterpiece the Eneide.

The identification of this lake as the main door of the hell is due to its origins:

The Averno lake is in the mouth of an inactive volcano: in the past, thanks to the volcanic exhalations, the birds which flew over the lake died instantaneously. That’s why the ancient Romans used to call it “Aornon”, which means “place without birds”. Therefore it’s easy to understand why Virgil thought it was a demoniac place, point of connection between the land of the living and of the dead. Nowadays the Averno lake has a beautiful appearance with a charming lakeside, where a lot of people have jogging or have just a walk.

The Monte Nuovo is the youngest volcano of Europe, he rose during the eruption of 1538.

Its birth is an incredible story: sources of that time tells that this mountain was born in only two days. The 28 September 1538 the sea receded by almost 400 meters, leaving on the sand a lot of fishes, the population thought about a divine benediction. But in 24 hours the same divinity unleashed the apocalypse.

The ground ripped and swallowed up the medieval city of Tripergola, fishing out lava, stones and incandescent muds. The quantity material that was sweated out from the bowels of the earth was so much that the surroundings were enveloped in a sort of big cloud that took two days to dissolve. Nowadays the youngest volcano of Europe is inactive, and at its mountainside there’s a thick vegetation.