BACOLI ( Naples ) 🌴⛱️☀️⭐
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How to get to BACOLI BY TRAIN from MONTESANTO TRAIN STATION ( NAPLES) : Take the CUMANA train from Montesanto train station / step out at TORREGAVETA TRAIN STATION - (40 min)
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Ticket to Bacoli : paper ticket at montesanto train station / tap in tap out / or download the app - https://www.unicocampania.it/app-unico-campania
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ABOUT BACOLI
- Bacoli is a Parthenopean town of 27.000 inhabitants, located in the Campi Flegrei area, founded during the Roman age. It takes its name from the Hercules legend. According to Greek mythology, Hercules, on the completion of his 10th labour, settled in this place to let rest the oxen he had stolen from Gerione. Thanks to his stay, originated the popular belief according to which a temple in honour of Hercules was built and it was named Bovalio, hence the name “Bauli”, today Bacoli.
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In Roman times, Bacoli became an important connection point between Cuma and Puteoli, the base city of the fundamental Militum Schola and a predilected location for many sumptuous villas in which patricians dedicated their time to otium, enjoying hot springs and the amenity of those places.
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Roman domination makes the City of Bacoli a place of several prestigious archaeological sites, among which: Piscina Mirabilis ( at the moment not visitable), Cento Camerelle, Parco Archeologico di Baia Sommersa (Baia Archaeological Underwater Park), Tomba di Agrippina (Agrippina’s Tomb) and Sacello degli Augustali.
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The artistic heritage of the area is not only from the Classic age. Several ages of Bourbonic works enriched Bacoli, one among all the Casina Vanvitelliana (Vanvitellian Casina), hunting lodge of the Bourbonic Royal House, designed by Luigi Vanvitelli.
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TERRA ARDENTE (BURNING LAND )
- Bacoli is highly characterised by the volcanic features of Campi Flegrei’s caldera. Therefore, in the area coexist two volcanic lakes: Lake Miseno and Lake Fusaro, that are part of the Sites of Community Importance in terms of environment.
Moreover, the territory is affected by the fascinating phenomenon of bradisismo, which determines cycles of lowering and raising of the soil. This phenomenon guaranteed the preservation of a unique place in the world: Baia Archaeological Underwater Park. A real Roman Atlantis that can be admired through submarines, vessels or going snorkelling, among Roman mosaics, villas, and statues. A unique and unforgettable experience.
The volcanic activity also provided the area with the development of several thermal buildings where you can spend enjoyable moments in peacefulness, in aqua salus!
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WHAT TO DO IN BACOLI
. Seaside
- An essential characteristic of Bacoli is the sea, from the many bathing establishments, suitable for all ages, with fine sand and shallow water, to suggestive bays, such as the famous Schiacchetiello, known throughout the province for its crystalline water.
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Piscina Mirabile and Cento Camerelle
- Piscina Mirabile, or Mirabilis, is the most impressive cistern of Roman times ever found until today. It is the terminal structure of the ancient aqueduct, commissioned by Emperor Augustus, to merge the water originating from the Serino springs, in Irpinia, and provide not only Campania’s main cities, from Pompei up to Neapolis, Puteoli and Cuma, but also and above all the Roman fleet of Miseno. It is qualified with the adjective ‘Mirabile’ for the extraordinary dimensions of its entire plumbing structure which, dug in the tuff at more than 15 metres of profundity, makes it similar to a real subterranean Cathedral.
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Castello di Baia (Baia Castle)
- The Baia Castle rises on a promontory of 51 metres above sea level, which dominates the Phlegraean gem, and it is the seat of the “Museo dei Campi Flegrei” (“Campi Flegrei Museum”). The Castle arises on the ruins of a Villa Romana, dated back to the Late-Republican age, transformed in the Flavian age, and that, according to many archaeologists, was Julius Caesar’s summer residence. Recent archaeologist surveys have brought back to life, in the Parco Monumentale dell’Oasi di Baia (Baia’s Oasis Monumental Park), some finds that categorically denied the thesis according to which the villa was a property of Julius Ceaser, associating it instead with Nerone.
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Chiesa di Sant’Anna (Saint Anne Church)
- The Saint Anne Church, with its bell tower, stands out against the Bacoli landscape, by more than three centuries. Over the years it has begun the symbol not only of the Bacoli religion cult, in honour of the Virgin Mary’s mother, but also the symbol of the entire city. A prominent church, admirable from different corners of the town: from the shores of Lake Miseno to the Miliscola coastline; going along Via Panoramica, back from Monte di Procida town, and going along the so-called Via “Scavezzacollo” (on the street map: “Via Mozart”, ex “Via Cupa Salemme”).
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Casina Vanvitelliana (Vanvitellian Casina)
- Vanvitellian Casina represents, with the English Garden, the Caserta Royal Palace, and the Villa of Chiaia (today Villa Comunale of the city of Naples), one of the last works of Carlo Vanvitelli (1782), always commissioned by the royal dynasty of Bourbon. In addition to the entire genealogy of the Bourbon of Naples, also the Kings of Italy, Umberto I and Vittorio Emanuele III, set foot there, as well as the Republic President Luigi Einaudi. In the collective consciousness it is also known as La Casa di Pinocchio (Pinocchio’s House), due to the similarity with the Blue Fairy’s house in the film “Pinocchio” 1972 by Comencini. People, for years, have ascribed those movie scenes to the Vanvitellian Casina, whereas they were filmed at the Martignano Lake of Viterbo.
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Baia Sommersa (Underwater Baia)
- Baia, in Campi Flegrei, in the province of Naples, at the ancient Roman time, began a flourishing climate station, near the important commercial port of Portus Julius and the majestic settlement of the military fleet of Capo Miseno. Since millenniums, this area has been characterised by the phenomenon of bradisismo, due to the territory’s volcanic action, which has caused the sinking of part of the important ruins. Imperial thermal baths, precious mosaics, sinuous statues, and marble floors have been discovered underwater.
To protect this patrimony, in 2002, the MARINE PROTECTED AREA of Baia was created: Underwater Archaeological Park with an incomparable historical and cultural value. There are eight underwater itineraries, that range from 3 to a maximum of 13 metres of profundity. Therefore, they are suitable for going SNORKELLING and SCUBA DIVING (underwater immersions for patented divers from the beginner level onwards), and for beginners’ immersions TRY SCUBA.
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