Parco Vergiliano a Piedigrotta
Roman-era tunnel and hilltop poets' tombs set among cypress-shaded, quiet park paths.
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At Parco Vergiliano a Piedigrotta in Naples, the guide starts at the dark mouth of the Crypta Neapolitana, a Roman road tunnel through Posillipo hill that medieval Neapolitans credited to a poet's magic. It sets that legend beside the Roman engineers, the fifteenth-century king who lowered its floor, the frescoes travelers passed beneath and the families who sheltered inside during the Second World War. Best heard standing in front of the tunnel entrance.
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