Virgil's tomb
Roman burial vault in Naples said to hold Virgil's ashes.
In Naples, a Roman burial vault known as Virgil’s Tomb is traditionally linked to the poet Virgil, who lived from 70 to 19 BCE. It sits at the entrance of the Crypta Neapolitana, an old Roman tunnel also called the grotta vecchia, in the Piedigrotta district between Mergellina and Fuorigrotta.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Roman burial vault
- Location
- Naples, at entrance to Crypta Neapolitana (grotta vecchia), Piedigrotta district, between Mergellina and Fuorigrotta
- Associated person
- Virgil (70–19 BCE)
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Did You Know?
- At the time of Virgil's death, a large bay tree was near the entrance; according to a local legend, it died when Dante died, and Petrarch planted a new one.
- Because visitors took branches as souvenirs the second tree died as well.
- Virgil was the object of literary admiration and veneration before his death, and in the Middle Ages his name became associated with legends of miraculous powers.
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