Vergiliano Park

Vergiliano Park at Piedigrotta (otherwise known as the Park of the tomb of Virgil) contains the CD. tomb of Virgil, a Roman columbarium hours vacuum where once lay the bones of the great Latin poet.

The park, national monument, also houses the tomb of Giacomo Leopardi, who died at Naples and buried initials in the Church of San Vitale in Fuorigrotta.

The park at Vergiliano Piedigrotta are empty graves of the poets Virgil and Giacomo Leopardi. The museum is located alongside the railway station Mergellina, where there is also the youth hostel. The museum entrance is free. After a short climb we face a huge altar, representing the empty tomb of the famous poet Giacomo Leopardi. This tomb is represented by a high altar with a square base rather large, inside a cave tuff. On the altar is the name of the poet and is beside a stele, engraved on stone, demonstrate the reliability of the tomb by the Italian government, signed by Victor Emmanuel III. Walking further to the right the Neapolitan Crypt, where the side is a line of Leopardi, dedicated to the poet 's Aeneid, Virgil.

Address: Salita della Grotta Tel: +39 081 252 5711