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Miseno. class=notpageimage|. Location of Miseno in Italy. Miseno is one of the frazioni of the municipality of Bacoli in the Italian Province of Naples. Known in ancient Roman times as Misenum, it is the site of a great Roman port. Geography. Map of Roman monuments 1890 (Beloch) View of modern Capo Miseno, the site of ancient Misenum.
Visit MIseno, a beautiful village in Campania. Discover the things to see and do in the village of Miseno in Italy.
Capo Miseno is a promontory located in Bacoli. According to the legend this is the place where Eea buried a member of his crew named Miseno (his trumpeter). You can access it thru a small road that brings you up to the lighthouse. From there you need to walk up to the top where, surrounded by nature, you can enjoy some stunning views of the gulf.
Cape Miseno (Italian: Capo Miseno, Latin: Misenum, Ancient Greek: Μισήνον) is the headland that marks the northwestern limit of the Gulf of Naples as well as the Bay of Pozzuoli in southern Italy. The town of Miseno is located on the north side of the cape.
Misenum, ancient port of Campania, Italy, located about 3 miles (5 km) south of Baiae at the west end of the Gulf of Puteoli (Pozzuoli). Virgil in the Aeneid says the town was named after Aeneas’s trumpeter, Misenus, who was buried there. Until the end of the Roman Republic it was a favourite villa.
Jan 15, 2024 · By Aspen Pflughoeft. January 15, 2024 12:03 PM. Archaeologists in Miseno, Italy, unearthed a monumental 1,900-year-old home where the eruption of Mount Vesuvius could be seen, photos show....
Feb 6, 2018 · At the northwestern limit of the Gulf of Naples, Capo Miseno juts into the sea just a stone’s throw from the island of Procida. According to myth, Aeneas’ friend Misenus used to play a conch shell trumpet at this site and often challenged the sea god Triton to musical duels.
